Animal Info - Guinea-Bissau

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area/Land Use, Economy, Education), References and Links

Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Guinea-Bissau and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

Endangered:
- Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).
- Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus).
Vulnerable:
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana).
- African Golden Cat (Profelis aurata).
- Lion (Panthera leo).
- Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis).
- Red-fronted Gazelle (Gazella rufifrons).
- West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis).

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Total number of species: 108 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 0 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 4 (4 % of total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000: 6 (6 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)

Biodiversity/Ecosystems

Guinea-Bissau contains portions of the Senegal & Gambia River Mangroves & Wetlands and the Western Guinea Current Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)

Population

Population in 1995: 1,073,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 29.7 people/sq km (76.9 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 1,206,311 (World Almanac 1999)

Area/Land Use

Area: 36,125 sq km (13,948 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:

Major Wetland: 25 %
Grass and Shrub: 42 %
Major Forests: 33 %

(Groombridge 1992)

Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 0 %; Medium: 36 %; High: 64 % (WRI 1994)

Economy

Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $187 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $950 (World Almanac 1999)

Education

Percent adult literacy: Female: 24 % (1990), 6 % (1970); Male: 50 % (1990), 13 % (1970) (WRI 1994)

References and Links

References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Guinea-Bissau): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles

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