The
African Elephant can be found in both forest and savannah areas.
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The Hippopotamus
is mostly found in the northern part of the country.
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The African
Buffalo is found in most of the Game Reserves.
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The Red
River Hog is a forest swine and as such can be found in most of
Ghana's forest areas.
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The Giant
Forest Hog is nocturnal and as such is not seen very easily.
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The Warthog
is Africa's only diurnal swine.
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The Aardvark
is rarely seen as it is nocturnal but it is normally found in the dry
savannah region.
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The Rock
Hyrax is closely related to the elephant.
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The Tree
Hyrax is found in most of Ghana's rainforest areas.
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The Giant
Gambian Rat is very common in every forest area.
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The Cane
Rat grows quite large and is found mostly in Ghana's forest and
grassland area.
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The Porcupine is present in Ghana's
forest with two species - Brush
Tailed Porcupine and the North African Crested Porcupine.
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The West
African Manatee is very rare but can still be found in the Volta
Lake and the Volta Estuary.
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The Forest Squirrels are present with
many different species some of which are : Giant Forest Squirrel, Red
Footed Squirrel, Pel's Flying Squirrel, Un Stripped Ground Squirrel.
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| The Pangolin lives in most of Ghana's
Forest areas and is present in three species which are the Long
Tailed Pangolin, White Bellied pangolin and the Giant
Pangolin. |