page_title: Wildlife of Guinea
section_title: Mammals
hierarchical_section_title: Wildlife of Guinea / Fauna / Mammals
caption_attribution_description: English: Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus), SuidaeFrançais&#160;: Potamochère roux (Potamochoerus porcus) de la famille des suidae.
context_page_description: The wildlife of Guinea is very diverse due to the wide variety of different habitats. The southern part of the country lies within Guinean Forests of West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot, while the north-east is characterized by dry savanna woodlands. Ecoregions of Guinea are Western Guinean lowland forest, Guinean montane forest, Guinean forest-savanna mosaic, West Sudanian Savanna, and Guinean mangroves.
  Declining populations of large mammals are restricted to uninhabited distant parts of parks and reserves, because of the inappropriate nature conservation. A noteworthy NGO specialized to nature conservation is Guinean Park Foundation. Famous strongholds of Guinean wildlife are Pinselly Classified Forest, National Park of Upper Niger, Badiar National Park, Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Ziama Massif, Bossou Hills Reserve, and Diécké Classified Forest.
context_section_description: African buffalo
  African forest buffalo
  African forest elephant
  Bushbuck
  Guinea baboon
  Giant forest hog
  Hippopotamus
  Pygmy hippopotamus
  Red river hog
  Royal antelope
  West African lion
  Western chimpanzee
  Western Giant Eland
  Western Bongo
  Zebra duiker
caption: Red river hog
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