Species of mammal in the Lolldaiga Hills Conservation Landscape, Laikipia County, central Kenya

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1 Species of mammal in the Lolldaiga Hills Conservation Landscape, Laikipia County, central Kenya Table 1. Larger mammals (body weight >3 kg)¹ Order² Scientific name Common name² 1 Category of threat³ Ole Naishu Lolldaiga Enasoit Hyracoidea Dendrohyrax Southern tree arboreus hyrax Heterohyrax Bush hyrax brucei Procavia Rock hyrax capensis Proboscidea Loxodonta Savanna VU * * africana elephant Tubulidentata Orycteropus Aardvark afer Primates Homo sapiens Modern human Colobus Guereza guereza monkey Papio anubis Olive baboon Erythrocebus Patas monkey patas Chlorocebus Vervet pygerythrus monkey Cercopithecus Gentle mitis monkey Rodentia Hystrix cristata North African crested porcupine Lagomorpha Lepus victoriae African savanna hare Carnivora Canis adustus Side-striped jackal Canis Black-backed mesomelas jackal Lycaon pictus African wild EN * * dog Otocyon Bat-eared fox megalotis Aonyx capensis African clawless otter Mellivora capensis Ratel Ol Jogi

2 Panthera leo Lion VU * * Panthera pardus Leopard NT * * Caracal caracal Caracal Leptailurus Serval serval Acinonyx Cheetah VU * * juus Felis silvetris Wildcat Genetta genetta Common genet Genetta Large-spotted maculate genet Hyaena hyaena Striped hyaena Crocuta crocuta Spotted hyaena Proteles Aardwolf cristatus Ichneumia White-tailed albicauda mongoose Perissodactyla Equus grevyi Grévy s zebra EN * * Equus quagga Plains zebra Cetartiodactyla Ceratotherium simum** Diceros bicornis Potamochoerus larvatus Phacochoerus africanus Hippopotamus amphibious Giraffa camelopardalis Syncerus caffer Tragelaphus strepsiceros Tragelaphus scriptus Tragelaphus oryx Nesotragus moschatus White rhinoceros NT * Black CR * rhinoceros Bushpig Common warthog Common VU * hippopotamus Giraffe African buffalo Greater kudu Bushbuck Common eland Suni 2

3 Sylvicapra Common grimmia duiker Raphicerus Steenbok campestris Madoqua Günther s guentheri dik-dik Eudorcas Thomson s NT * * thomsonii gazelle Nanger notata Bright s gazelle Litocranius Gerenuk NT * * walleri Redunca Mountain fulvorufula reedbuck Kobus Waterbuck ellipsiprymnus Oreotragus Klipspringer oreotragus Aepyceros Impala melampus Alcelaphus Hartebeest buselaphus Oryx beisa Beisa oryx NT * * Table 2. Threatened subspecies of larger mammal Scientific name Common name Category of threat Redunca fulvorufula chanleri Chanler s mountain reedbuck VU Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel Lelwel hartebeest (including Jackson s hartebeest) EN Table 3. Smaller mammals (body weight <3 kg) 4,5 Order² Scientific name Macroscelididea Elephantulus rufescens Primates Galago senegalensis Rodentia Paraxerus ochraceus Common name² Category of threat³ Ole Naishu Lolldaiga Ena- Soit Ol Jogi Rufous sengi Kenya lesser galago Ochre bush squirrel 3

4 Soricomorpha Xerus Striped ground erythropus squirrel Xerus rutilus Unstriped ground squirrel Graphiurus Forest African murinus dormouse Saccostomus Mearn s mearnsi pouched mouse Dendromus Montane insignis African climbing mouse Lophiomys Maned rat imhausi Acomys c.f. Percival s percivali spiny mouse Acomys Wilson s spiny wilsoni mouse Gerbilliscus Fringe-tailed vicinus gerbil Taterillus Harrington s harringtoni tateril Aethomys Hind s veld rat hindei Arvicanthis Nile grass rat niloticus Grammomys Woodland dolichurus thicket rat Lemniscomys Striated grass striatus mouse Mus sp.? Pygmy mouse Myomyscus Brockman s brockmani meadow mouse Rattus rattus Black rat fulvastra fuscomurina hildegardeae nana parvipes Savanna shrew Bicoloured musk shrew Hildegarde s shrew Somali dwarf shrew Small-footed shrew 4

5 Chiroptera Carnivora Epomophorus wahlbergi Rhinolophus eloquens Rhinolophus fumigatus Hipposideros caffer Triaenops afer Miniopterus sp.? Cardioderma cor Lavia frons Nycteris thebaica Tadarida aegyptiaca Tadarida fulminans Tadarida cf. loa Tadarida pumila Laephotis wintoni Pipistrellus capensis Pipistrellus sp.1? Pipistrellus sp. 2? Scotophilus dinganii Scotophilus cf. nux Myotis tricolor Ictonyx striatus Herpestes sanguineus Helogale parvula Wahlberg s epauletted fruit Eloquent horseshoe Rüppell s horseshoe Sundevall s leaf-nosed African trident Long-fingered * Heart-nosed Yellowwinged Egyptian slitfaced Egyptian freetailed Madagascan free-tailed Big-eared free-tailed Little freetailed De Winton s long-eared Cape pipistrelle? pipistrelle *? pipistrelle * Yellow-bellied house Nut-coloured house Temminck s myotis Zorilla Slender mongoose Dwarf mongoose 5

6 ¹ These are mammal species for which adult males attain a body weight of >3 kg (i.e., size of bush hyrax, African savanna hare, or larger). ² The taxonomy and common names applied here are taken from: Kingdon, J., Happold, D., Butynski, T., Hoffmann, M., Happold, M. & Kalina, J. (eds.) Mammals of Africa (6 vols.). Bloomsbury Publishing, London. ³ Degree of threat category and abbreviations taken from: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Website: Abbreviations: CR: Critically Endangered; EN: Endangered; VU: Vulnerable; NT: Near Threatened; DD: Data Deficient; LC: Least Concern; NE: Not Evaluated. 4 These are mammal species for which adult males attain a body weight of <3 kg (i.e., smaller than a bush hyrax or African savanna hare). 5 Sources for Smaller mammals list: Butynski, T. M., De Jong, Y. A., Roberts, M., Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., J. Mathiu, J., & McDonough, M. Personal observations. Hodge, A. C Lolldaiga Hills mammal survey, Unpublished report to Lolldaiga Hills Ltd, Nanyuki, Kenya. Webala, P. W Bats of Lolldaiga Hills Ltd. and Ol Jogi Conservancy. Unpublished report to Lolldaiga Hills Ltd and Ol Jogi Conservancy, Nanyuki, Kenya. * Species present at this site. ** Introduced species. Some totals: Total species of larger mammal: 56. Of these, 7 are Threatened (1 is Critically Endangered, 2 are Endangered, 4 are Vulnerable ). Six species are Near Threatened. Total species of smaller mammal: 48. None are listed on the IUCN Red List as Threatened. Total species of mammal: 104 Total primates: 7 Total carnivores: 21 Total ungulates: 25 Total rodents: 19 Total s: 20 Total shrews: 5 6

7 A few more species of larger mammal, and a large number of smaller mammal, are expected to be added to these lists. Contact Tom Butynski (tbutynski@aol.com) or Yvonne de Jong (yvonne@lolldaiga.com) if you have any additions to this list, find errors, or have comments or requests. Prepared by Thomas M. Butynski, Yvonne A. de Jong, Michael Roberts, Julius Mathiu, Lorna A. Depew, and Julian Kerbis Petershan. Updated: 7 February