220 H. N. K. Sackey et al.


TABLE 1 Number of carcasses of bushmeat species recorded in the three markets (Fig. 1) and overall during October 2018–October 2019, with the protection status of each species according to Ghana’sWildlife Law and IUCN Red List status and population trend.


Number Group/species


Amphibians Edible bullfrog Pyxicephalus edulis Kaanamunik3


Dakar grassland frog Ptychadena trinodis


African groove-crowned frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis


Subtotal


Birds Bird4


Helmeted guinea fowl Numida meleagris Double spurred francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus


White-faced whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata


Subtotal


Carnivores African civet Civettictis civetta Common genet Genetta sp.


Marsh mongoose Atilax paludinosus Subtotal


Lagomorphs African savannah hare Lepus victoriae


Primates Green monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus Monkey4


Olive baboon Papio anubis


Patas monkey Erythrocebus patas Subtotal


Reptiles Nile monitor lizard Varanus sp.


Senegal flapshell turtle Cyclanorbis senegalensis Subtotal


Rodents Striped ground squirrel Xerus erythropus Crested porcupine Hystrix cristata Giant rat Cricetomys gambianus


Grasscutter Thryonomys swinderianus Subtotal


Ungulates Aardvark Orycteropus afer African buffalo Syncerus caffer Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus


Common warthog Phacochoerus africanus Grey duiker Sylvicapra grimmia Kob Kobus kob


Red-flanked duiker Cephalophus rufilatus Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus Subtotal Total


7 7


11


11 3


1


12 7


14 2


1 3


43


5 7 9 2 1


1 25 5 181 6,608 3,618


(Amendment) Regulation, 1988). 2LC, Least Concern; NT, Near Threatened; VU, Vulnerable (IUCN, 2022). 3Local name of frog, unidentifiable to species. 4Unidentifiable to species.


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2 3


3 1


3


23 6


3 Chiana Fumbisi Sandema 5,243 323 46 2,904 5,289 3,231


111 80 20


216 2


11 1


414 315 1


71 1


12 90


26 17


44


114 1


115 117 448 590


2 23


14 22 36


19 91


7 117 Total number Legal status1 5,243


44 323


2,950 8,520


57 12 24 57 7


95 1


12 13


121


138 137 27


314 4


26 1


31


459 7


97 1


29


134 128 158 136 539 718 3


30


13 30


1


17 16 26 4 1 1 4


73 10,407


1First Schedule, hunting prohibited; Second Schedule, hunting prohibited in closed season and no hunting of young/adult with young; Third Schedule, hunting prohibited in closed season; Unscheduled, no restrictions. (L.I. 685 Wildlife Conservation Regulation, 1971, and L.I. 1357 Wildlife Conservation


Second schedule LC (stable) Second schedule LC (decreasing) Third schedule LC (stable)


Second schedule NT (decreasing)


First schedule LC (stable) Unscheduled VU (decreasing)


Third schedule LC (stable) Second schedule LC (unknown) Third schedule LC (stable) Unscheduled LC (unknown)


First schedule LC (unknown) Second schedule NT (decreasing) Second schedule LC (stable) Second schedule LC (decreasing) Second schedule LC (decreasing) Second schedule LC (decreasing) Second schedule LC (decreasing) First schedule LC (decreasing) Second schedule LC (decreasing)


Red List status (population trend)2


Unscheduled LC (decreasing) Unscheduled LC (unknown)


Unscheduled LC (stable)


Third schedule LC (stable) Third schedule LC (decreasing) Third schedule LC (increasing)


First schedule LC (unknown) Unscheduled LC (stable) Second schedule LC (decreasing)


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