1000 Francs CFA Cercocebus Atys

The sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) is native to West Africa's coastal rainforests — not Burkina Faso, which is landlocked and largely savanna. Its appearance on a Burkinabè issue reflects the broader practice among small-denomination commemorative programs of licensing wildlife subjects with little regard for geographic relevance, a revenue model facilitated through coin-issuing intermediaries operating far from the issuing nation's treasury.