Guinea-Bissau is a West-African country rich in biodiversity.

Fauna

Mammals

Predators

There still is much debate about the status of many predator species in Guinea-Bissau. This is, in part, because much of the country remains unstudied, and because of the cryptic nature of many predator species. Lion, for instance, was listed as possibly extinct in Guinea-Bissau during the 2014 assessment of the lion by the IUCN Red List, IUCN Red list of threatened species. However, a picture of a lion was still recorded by a camera trap in 2016 the southeastern Boe, Guinea-Bissau, Boé region. * Lion (''Panthera leo'') *Leopard (''Panthera pardus'') *African wild dog (''Lycaon pictus'') *African golden cat (''Caracal aurata'') * Caracal (''Caracal caracal'') *Serval (''Leptailurus serval'') *Spotted hyena *African wildcat

Primates

* Western chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes verus'')

Herbivores

* Red river hog * Warthog

Birds

*Blue-headed wood-dove *Iris glossy-starling

Reptiles

*''Bitis rhinoceros''

Marine life

The tropical marine environment of Guinea-Bissau is reported to have a high diversity of sea life, notably in and around the Bijagós Archipelago. Fishes include the African butter catfish, ''Malapterurus occidentalis'', ''Parablennius sierraensis'' (combtooth blenny), five ''Synodontis'' catfish species including ''Synodontis annectens, annectens'', ''Synodontis ansorgii, ansorgii'', ''Synodontis nigrita, nigrita'', ''Synodontis schall, schall'' and ''Synodontis waterloti, waterloti'', the Three-banded butterflyfish and ''Trachinus pellegrini''. Turtles are also dominant especially the West African mud turtle.

Fauna

Mammals

Predators

Primates

Herbivores

Birds

Reptiles

Marine life

Flora

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