Guinea-Bissau

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Threatened

65

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

17

CR

Endemic Threatened

3

Found only here

Declining

68%

44 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 65 threatened species

CR 17
EN 11
VU 37
CR: 17
EN: 11
VU: 37
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened species by group

fishes44 threatened
birds15 threatened
plants14 threatened
mammals10 threatened
reptiles7 threatened
other invertebrates4 threatened
molluscs1 threatened
crustaceans1 threatened
Top Threats in Guinea-Bissau
1.Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources53 species
2.Logging & wood harvesting44 species
3.Annual & perennial non-timber crops39 species
4.Housing & urban areas28 species
5.Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals27 species
6.Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)23 species
7.Dams & water management/use18 species
8.Marine & freshwater aquaculture15 species
9.Mining & quarrying13 species
10.Habitat shifting & alteration13 species
Endemic Spotlight

3 endemic threatened species found only here

Short-eared Owl

CR

Asio flammeus

Pipe-cleaner brittlestar

EN

Asteronyx loveni

All Species in Guinea-Bissau (96)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Lutjanus cyanopterusVUfishes↓
Epinephelus itajaraVUfishes↓
Yellowbelly rockcodEpinephelus marginatusVUother invertebrates?
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusCRbirds?
Crevalle jackCaranx hipposVUother invertebrates?
Ginglymostoma cirratumVUfishes↓
Great Land CrabCardisoma guanhumiVUcrustaceans?
Pentanemus quinquariusVUfishes↓
Pseudupeneus prayensisVUfishes↓
Pseudotolithus senegallusVUfishes↓
Pipe-cleaner brittlestarAsteronyx loveniENother invertebrates?
Pseudotolithus senegalensisENfishes↓
Umbrina cirrosaVUfishes↓
Haliotis tuberculataVUmolluscs↓
Balistes capriscusVUfishes↓
Balistes punctatusVUfishes↓
Chrysichthys walkeriVUfishes↓
Ophisternon afrumENfishes?
Ichthyborus quadrilineatusVUfishes?
Sardinella maderensisVUfishes?
Merluccius senegalensisENfishes↓
Thunnus obesusVUfishes↓
Squatina oculataCRfishes↓
Squatina aculeataCRfishes↓
Negaprion brevirostrisVUfishes↓
Rhizoprionodon acutusVUfishes↓
Blue SharkPrionace glaucaVUother invertebrates?
Carcharhinus limbatusVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus brevipinnaVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus longimanusCRfishes↓
Carcharhinus signatusENfishes↓
Galeorhinus galeusCRfishes↓
Choeropsis liberiensisENmammals↓
Mustelus mustelusENfishes↓
Scyliorhinus stellarisVUfishes↓
Sphyrna lewiniCRfishes↓
Leptocharias smithiiVUfishes↓
Paragaleus pectoralisENfishes↓
Rhinobatos rhinobatosCRfishes↓
Aetobatus narinariENfishes↓
Zanobatus schoenleiniiVUfishes↓
Rhynchobatus luebbertiCRfishes↓
Rhinobatos irvineiCRfishes↓
Rhinobatos albomaculatusCRfishes↓
Myliobatis aquilaCRfishes↓
Carcharias taurusCRfishes↓
Alopias superciliosusVUfishes↓
Dalatias lichaVUfishes↓
Etmopterus spinaxVUfishes↓
Centroscymnus owstoniiVUfishes?
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