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Line 18: − '''Table 1. Basic site information for Ankasa Conservation Area''' − {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="basic-information" − |Species − | − |- − |Area − |509 km² − |- − |Coordinates − |5.252710, -2.583665 − |- − |Type of site − |Conservation Area and Resource Reserve − |- − |Habitat types − |Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland Forest − |- − |Type of governance − | − |} − [https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/habitat-classification-scheme IUCN habitat categories] [[Site designations]]
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Ankasa Conservation Area (National Park and Resource Reserve) is located in the South Western part of Ghana, borderingIvory Coast. The Park is one of the few remnants of undisturbed Tropical Rainforest in Ghana. It was created in 1976. The site is very rich in biodiversity including forest elephants, bongos, leopards, olive colobus, black and white colobus, mangabey and other monkeys, yellow backed duikers and other duikers, pangolins, over 200 species of birds recorded, over 600 species of butterflies etc. The area is one of the known World Bird Areas and a Key Biodiversity Area (Ofori-Amanfo, R. pers. comm. 2023).
Ankasa Conservation Area (National Park and Resource Reserve) is located in the South Western part of Ghana, borderingIvory Coast. The Park is one of the few remnants of undisturbed Tropical Rainforest in Ghana. It was created in 1976. The site is very rich in biodiversity including forest elephants, bongos, leopards, olive colobus, black and white colobus, mangabey and other monkeys, yellow backed duikers and other duikers, pangolins, over 200 species of birds recorded, over 600 species of butterflies etc. The area is one of the known World Bird Areas and a Key Biodiversity Area (Ofori-Amanfo, R. pers. comm. 2023).
= Ape status =
= Ape status =
Chimpanzees have not been documented in the area since 2016.
Chimpanzees have not been documented in the area since 2016.