The Boin Tano Forest Reserve is a nature reserve located in the Western North Region of Ghana. It was established in 1968. This site, which is , is rich in both floral and faunal species.
Environment The Boin Tano Forest Reserve is located only five degrees north of the Equator and around north of the Gulf of Guinea in Atlantic Ocean, therefore giving it a warm and humid climate. Grasslands mixed with shrublands and forests dominate the reserve. Hundreds of different species live within this protected area and its boundaries.
Wildlife Birds The reserve has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of many bird species.
Mammals and amphibians
SpeciesClassOrderFamilyGenusStatusFor the conservation status criteria see the table below.Aba roundleaf batMammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros —Abo batMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeGlauconycteris —African brush-tailed porcupineMammaliaRodentiaHystricidaeAtherurus —African buffaloMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaeSyncerus —African bush elephantMammaliaProboscideaElephantidaeLoxodonta —African civetMammaliaCarnivoraViverridaeCivettictis —African clawless otterMammaliaCarnivoraMustelidaeAonyx —African common toadAmphibiaAnuraBufonidaeAmietophrynus —African foam-nest tree frogAmphibiaAnuraRhacophoridaeChiromantis —African giant squirrelMammaliaRodentiaSciuridaeProtoxerus —African golden catMammaliaCarnivoraFelidaeProfelis —African palm civetMammaliaCarnivoraNandiniidaeNandinia —African white-bellied pangolinMammaliaPholidotaManidaeManis —African yellow batMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeScotophilus —Ahl's River frogAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Allen's wood mouseMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeHylomyscus —Amietophrynus maculatusAmphibiaAnuraBufonidaeAmietophrynus —Arthroleptis variabilisAmphibiaAnuraArthroleptidaeArthroleptis —Aubria subsigillataAmphibiaAnuraPyxicephalidaeAubria —Baer's HylomyscusMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeHylomyscus —Banana pipistrelleMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeNeoromicia —Bate's slit-faced batMammaliaChiropteraNycteridaeNycteris —Bay duikerMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaeCephalophus —Beatrix's batMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeGlauconycteris —Beecroft's flying squirrelMammaliaRodentiaAnomaluridaeAnomalurus —Benito roundleaf batMammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros —Big-eyed forest tree frogAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeLeptopelis —Black duikerMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaeCephalophus —Bobiri reed frogAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperolius —BongoMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaeTragelaphus —Boutry River frogAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Broad-banded Grass FrogAmphibiaAnuraPtychadenidaePtychadena —Brown Banana FrogAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeAfrixalus —Buettikofer's epauletted fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeEpomops —BushbuckMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaeTragelaphus —Campbell's monkeyMammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeCercopithecus —Cansdale's swamp ratMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeMalacomys —Cardioglossa leucomystaxAmphibiaAnuraArthroleptidaeCardioglossa —Chabanaud's River frogAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —ChimpanzeeMammaliaPrimatesHominidaePan —Climbing shrewMammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidaeSuncus —Coast River FrogAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Common kusimanseMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidaeCrossarchus —Crab-eating mongooseMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidaeHerpestes —Crested porcupineMammaliaRodentiaHystricidaeHystrix —Crosse's shrewMammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidaeCrocidura —Crowned bullfrogAmphibiaAnuraDicroglossidaeHoplobatrachus —Cyclops roundleaf batMammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros —Defua ratMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeDephomys —Demidoff's Dwarf GalagoMammaliaPrimatesGalagidaeGalagoides —Diana monkeyMammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeCercopithecus —Dotted reed frogAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperolius —Dwarf free-tailed batMammaliaChiropteraMolossidaeMops —Dwarf slit-faced batMammaliaChiropteraNycteridaeNycteris —Edward's swamp ratMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeMalacomys —Egyptian mongooseMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidaeHerpestes —Fire-footed rope squirrelMammaliaRodentiaSciuridaeFunisciurus —Forest hogMammaliaArtiodactylaSuidaeHylochoerus —Franquet's epauletted fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeEpomops —Fraser's musk shrewMammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidaeCrocidura —Gambian epauletted fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeEpomophorus —Gambian mongooseMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidaeMungos —Gambian slit-faced batMammaliaChiropteraNycteridaeNycteris —Geotrypetes seraphiniAmphibiaGymnophionaDermophiidaeGeotrypetes —Giant ground pangolinMammaliaPholidotaManidaeManis —Giant pouched ratMammaliaRodentiaNesomyidaeCricetomys —Giant roundleaf batMammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros —Graphiurus nagtglasiiMammaliaRodentiaGliridaeGraphiurus —Greater cane ratMammaliaRodentiaThryonomyidaeThryonomys —Green bush squirrelMammaliaRodentiaSciuridaeParaxerus —Guinea multimammate mouseMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeMastomys —Guinea snout-burrowerAmphibiaAnuraHemisotidaeHemisus —Guinean ArvicanthisMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeArvicanthis —Hairy slit-faced batMammaliaChiropteraNycteridaeNycteris —Halcyon horseshoe batMammaliaChiropteraRhinolophidaeRhinolophus —Hammer-headed fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeHypsignathus —Honey badgerMammaliaCarnivoraMustelidaeMellivora —House ratMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeRattus —Hylarana albolabrisAmphibiaAnuraRanidaeHylarana —Hylarana occidentalisAmphibiaAnuraRanidaeHylarana —Hyperolius concolorAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperolius —Hyperolius igbettensisAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperolius —Hyperolius picturatusAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperolius —Intermediate slit-faced batMammaliaChiropteraNycteridaeNycteris —Ivory Coast running frogAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeKassina —Johnston's genetMammaliaCarnivoraViverridaeGenetta —King genetMammaliaCarnivoraViverridaeGenetta —Lander's horseshoe batMammaliaChiropteraRhinolophidaeRhinolophus —Large slit-faced batMammaliaChiropteraNycteridaeNycteris —Large-eared slit-faced batMammaliaChiropteraNycteridaeNycteris —LeopardMammaliaCarnivoraFelidaePanthera —Leptopelis occidentalisAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeLeptopelis —Leptopelis spiritusnoctisAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeLeptopelis —Lesser spot-nosed monkeyMammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeCercopithecus —Lesser woolly batMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeKerivoula —Lime reed frogAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperolius —Little collared fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeMyonycteris —Long-eared scaly-tailed flying squirrelMammaliaRodentiaAnomaluridaeIdiurus —Lord Derby's flying squirrelMammaliaRodentiaAnomaluridaeAnomalurus —Lorrain dormouseMammaliaRodentiaGliridaeGraphiurus —Marsh mongooseMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidaeAtilax —Mascarene Grass FrogAmphibiaAnuraPtychadenidaePtychadena —Maxwell's duikerMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaePhilantomba —Moloney's flat-headed batMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeMimetillus —Mouselike pipistrelleMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeHypsugo —Mus musculoidesMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeMus —Natal multimammate mouseMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeMastomys —Noack's roundleaf batMammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros —Nut-colored yellow batMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeScotophilus —Ogilby's duikerMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaeCephalophus —Olive colobusMammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeProcolobus —Olivier's shrewMammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidaeCrocidura —Pel's flying squirrelMammaliaRodentiaAnomaluridaeAnomalurus —Pel's pouched batMammaliaChiropteraEmballonuridaeSaccolaimus —Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeMicropteropus —Peters's mouseMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeMus —Phrynobatrachus alleniAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Phrynobatrachus ghanensisAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Phrynobatrachus liberiensisAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Phrynobatrachus tokbaAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Phrynobatrachus villiersiAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Pohle's fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeScotonycteris —PottoMammaliaPrimatesLorisidaePerodicticus —Ptychadena longirostrisAmphibiaAnuraRanidaePtychadena —Ptychadena pumilioAmphibiaAnuraRanidaePtychadena —Ptychadena superciliarisAmphibiaAnuraRanidaePtychadena —Railer batMammaliaChiropteraMolossidaeMops —Red river hogMammaliaArtiodactylaSuidaePotamochoerus —Ringed River frogAmphibiaAnuraPetropedetidaePhrynobatrachus —Roloway monkeyMammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeCercopithecus —Royal antelopeMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaeNeotragus —Russet free-tailed batMammaliaChiropteraMolossidaeChaerephon —Rusty-bellied brush-furred ratMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeLophuromys —Schiotz's reed frogAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperolius —Shining thicket ratMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeGrammomys —Sierra Leone free-tailed batMammaliaChiropteraMolossidaeMops —Slender mongooseMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidaeGalerella —Slender-tailed squirrelMammaliaRodentiaSciuridaeProtoxerus —Small sun squirrelMammaliaRodentiaSciuridaeHeliosciurus —Sooty roundleaf batMammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros —Spotted-necked otterMammaliaCarnivoraMustelidaeHydrictis —Spurrell's free-tailed batMammaliaChiropteraMolossidaeMops —Spurrell's woolly batMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeKerivoula —Straw-coloured fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeEidolon —Stream reed frogAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperolius —Striped ground squirrelMammaliaRodentiaSciuridaeXerus —Sundevall's roundleaf batMammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros —Temminck's striped mouseMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeHybomys —Therese's shrewMammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidaeCrocidura —Thomas's Dwarf GalagoMammaliaPrimatesGalagidaeGalago —Tiny pipistrelleMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaePipistrellus —Togo toadAmphibiaAnuraBufonidaeAmietophrynus —Trevor's free-tailed batMammaliaChiropteraMolossidaeMops —Tropical clawed frogAmphibiaAnuraPipidaeXenopus —Tullberg's PraomysMammaliaRodentiaMuridaePraomys —Typical striped grass mouseMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeLemniscomys —Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeNanonycteris —Victoria Ridged FrogAmphibiaAnuraRanidaePtychadena —Water chevrotainMammaliaArtiodactylaTragulidaeHyemoschus —West African large-spotted genetMammaliaCarnivoraViverridaeGenetta —West African long-tailed shrewMammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidaeCrocidura —West African PraomysMammaliaRodentiaMuridaePraomys —West African pygmy shrewMammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidaeCrocidura —West African red colobusMammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeProcolobus —West African shaggy ratMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeDasymys —Western Palm SquirrelMammaliaRodentiaSciuridaeEpixerus —Western tree hyraxMammaliaHyracoideaProcaviidaeDendrohyrax —White-tailed mongooseMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidaeIchneumia —White-thighed colobusMammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeColobus —White-winged serotineMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeNeoromicia —Woermann's batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeMegaloglossus —Yellow-backed duikerMammaliaArtiodactylaBovidaeCephalophus —Yellow-winged batMammaliaChiropteraMegadermatidaeLavia —Zenker's fruit batMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeScotonycteris —
Conservation status criteria
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN. TagStatusDescriptionCategoryEXExtinctNo known individuals remaining.ExtinctEWExtinct in the WildKnown only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.CRCritically EndangeredExtremely high risk of extinction in the wild.ThreatenedENEndangeredHigh risk of extinction in the wild.VUVulnerableHigh risk of endangerment in the wild.NTNear ThreatenedLikely to become endangered in the near future.At lower riskLCLeast ConcernLowest risk. Does not qualify for a higher risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.DDData DeficientNot enough data to make an assessment of its risk of extinction.OtherNENot EvaluatedHas not yet been evaluated against the criteria.
See also List of amphibians of Ghana List of birds of Ghana List of butterflies of Ghana List of mammals of Ghana