List of animals in the Kumasi Zoological Garden
The table below shows a list of animals found in the Kumasi Zoological Garden. It is located in the heart of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The zoo was established in 1951 and opened in 1957 by the Asanteman Council to conserve nature and display indigenous wild animals of Ghana.
| Release date | 09/06/2015 |
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| Contributor | Nutefe Dra |
| Geographical coverage | Ghana, |
| Keywords | conservation, zoo, nature, |
| No. | Common Name | Scientific name | Males | Females | Total |
| Mammals | |||||
| 1 | African lion | Panthera leo | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | African civet | Viverra civetta | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Spotted hyaena | Crocuta crocuta | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Bushbuck | Tragelaphus scriptus | 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Bay duiker | Cephalophus dorsalis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Maxwell duiker | Cephalophus maxwelli | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Crown duiker | Sylvicapra grimmia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Red flanked duiker | Cephalophus rufilatus | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Warthog | Phacochoerus aethiopicus |
2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Green monkey | Cercopithecus aethiopicus | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | Chimpanzee | Pan troglodytes | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Olive baboon | Papio Anubis | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 13 | Patas monkey | Erythrocebus patas | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 | Mona monkey | Cercopithecus mona | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Grasscutter | Thryonomyx swinderianus | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Ground squirrel | Xerus spp | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Birds | |||||
| 20 | Spotted eagle owl | Bubo africanus | 1 | ||
| 21 | Red-eyed dove | Columba spp |
8 | ||
| 22 | Laughing dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | 6 | ||
| 23 | Ostrich | Struthio camelopardis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Crown eagle | Stehanoetus coronatus | 1 | ||
| 25 | Black kite | Milvus migrans | 1 | ||
| 26 | Palmnut vulture | Gypo angolensis | 1 | ||
| 27 | Piping hornbill | Ceratogymna fistulator | 3 | ||
| 28 | Plantain eater | Musophaga violacea | 3 | ||
| 29 | African grey parrot | Psittacus erithacus | 8 | ||
| 30 | Green touraco | Tauraoco persa | 2 | ||
| 31 | Peafowl | Pavonina cristata | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Reptiles | |||||
| 32 | Nile crocodile | Crocodylus niloticus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Long snouted crocodile | Crocodylus cataphractus | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 138 | ||||