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Primates endemic to the forests of Upper Guinea

With no less than 11 species, the Nimba Mountains landscape is an important conservation area for primates. These include the western chimpanzee (or West African chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus), the Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys), the Diana monkey ( Cercopithecus diana), Campbell’s monkey (Cercopithecus campbelli), the western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), and the king colobus (or western black-and-white colobus, Colobus polykomos).

Some conservation targets The altitudinal gradient of the forests of the Nimba Mountains The viviparous toad of Nimba Primates endemic to the forests of Upper Guinea