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665:Forests of Ivory Coast
437:Marahoue National Park
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461:Mamiri Forest Reserve
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315:Entandrophragma utile
243:, eastern Ghana, and
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100:West Sudanian savanna
439:in Ivory Coast, and
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421:Leimacomys buettneri
409:Cansdale's swamp rat
341:Pterygota macrocarpa
286:biodiversity hotspot
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413:Malacomys cansdalei
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170:Critical/endangered
166:Conservation status
34:Kakum National Park
655:Ecoregions of Togo
337:Mansonia altissima
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229:Lake Volta
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187:Protected
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