page_title: List of mammals of Burkina Faso
section_title: Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Burkina Faso / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
caption_attribution_description: Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas, 1766) English: Bushbuck at Mundawanga, Lusaka - Zambia. For taxobox purposes
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Burkina Faso. There are 147 mammal species in Burkina Faso, of which two are endangered, seven are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One of the species listed for Burkina Faso can no longer be found in the wild.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.
  Family: Suidae (pigs)
  Subfamily: Phacochoerinae
  Genus: Phacochoerus
  Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus LR/lc
  Family: Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)
  Genus: Hippopotamus
  Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius VU
  Family: Tragulidae
  Genus: Hyemoschus
  Water chevrotain, Hyemoschus aquaticus DD
  Family: Giraffidae (giraffe, okapi)
  Genus: Giraffa
  West African giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis peralta EN/EX
  Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
  Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
  Genus: Alcelaphus
  Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus LR/cd
  Genus: Damaliscus
  Topi, Damaliscus lunatus LR/cd
  Subfamily: Antilopinae
  Genus: Gazella
  Dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas VU
  Red-fronted gazelle, Gazella rufifrons VU
  Genus: Ourebia
  Oribi, Ourebia ourebi LR/cd
  Subfamily: Bovinae
  Genus: Syncerus
  African buffalo, Syncerus caffer LR/cd
  Genus: Tragelaphus
  Bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus LR/nt
  Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus LR/lc
  Subfamily: Cephalophinae
  Genus: Cephalophus
  Bay duiker, Cephalophus dorsalis LR/nt
  Maxwell's duiker, Cephalophus maxwellii LR/nt
  Red-flanked duiker, Cephalophus rufilatus LR/cd
  Yellow-backed duiker, Cephalophus silvicultor LR/nt
  Genus: Sylvicapra
  Common duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia LR/lc
  Subfamily: Hippotraginae
  Genus: Hippotragus
  Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus LR/cd
  Genus: Oryx
  Scimitar oryx, Oryx dammah EW
  Subfamily: Reduncinae
  Genus: Kobus
  Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus LR/cd
  Kob, Kobus kob LR/cd
  Genus: Redunca
  Bohor reedbuck, Redunca redunca LR/cd
caption: Bushbuck
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