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

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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