Boin Tano Forest Reserve


The Boin Tano Forest Reserve is a nature reserve located in the Western Region of Ghana. It was established in 1968. This site, which is, is rich both in faunal and floral species.

Flora and fauna

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.
SpeciesClassOrderFamilyGenusStatus
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.
TagStatusDescriptionCategory
EXExtinctNo known individuals remaining.Extinct
EWExtinct in the WildKnown only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.Extinct
CRCritically EndangeredExtremely high risk of extinction in the wild.Threatened
ENEndangeredHigh risk of extinction in the wild.Threatened
VUVulnerableHigh risk of endangerment in the wild.Threatened
NTNear ThreatenedLikely to become endangered in the near future.At lower risk
LCLeast ConcernLowest risk. Does not qualify for a higher risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.At lower risk
DDData DeficientNot enough data to make an assessment of its risk of extinction.Other
NENot EvaluatedHas not yet been evaluated against the criteria.Other