West Sudanian savanna

[2] Savanna and open woodland are the characteristic vegetation types.

Species of Combretum and Terminalia are the typical savanna trees, and the ground is covered with long grasses, herbs, and shrubs.

Trees in the drier woodlands generally less than 10 meters high, and include Anogeissus spp.

Smaller areas of Isoberlinia woodland occur in more humid portions of the southern ecoregion.

[2] The ecoregion is home to many large mammals, including African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), West African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis peralta), giant eland (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), African buffalo (Syncerus caffer brachyceros), lion (Panthera leo), leopard (Panthera pardus) cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), and African wild dog (Lycaon pictus).

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