Species of Mammal in the Lolldaiga Hills Conservation Landscape, Laikipia County, Central Kenya

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 Categ- Ole Lol- Ena- Ol name² ory of Naishu ldaiga soit Jogi threat³ Hyracoidea Dendrohyrax Southern tree LC * * arboreus hyrax Heterohyrax Bush hyrax LC * * brucei Procavia Rock hyrax LC * * capensis Proboscidea Loxodonta Savanna VU * * africana elephant Tubulidentata Orycteropus Aardvark LC * * afer Primates Homo sapiens Modern LC * * human Colobus Guereza LC * guereza monkey Papio anubis Olive baboon LC * * Erythrocebus Patas monkey LC * patas Chlorocebus Vervet LC * * pygerythrus monkey Cercopithecus Gentle LC * mitis monkey Rodentia Hystrix cristata North African LC * * crested porcupine Thryonomys Greater cane LC * swinderianus rat Lagomorpha Lepus victoriae African LC * * savanna hare Carnivora Canis adustus Side-striped LC * jackal Canis Black-backed LC * * mesomelas jackal Lycaon pictus African wild EN * * dog Otocyon Bat-eared fox LC * * megalotis Aonyx capensis African LC * * clawless otter

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

Nesotragus Suni LC * moschatus Sylvicapra Common LC * * grimmia duiker Raphicerus Steenbok LC * * campestris Madoqua Günther’s LC * * guentheri dik-dik Eudorcas Thomson’s NT * * thomsonii gazelle Nanger notata Bright’s LC * * gazelle Litocranius Gerenuk NT * * walleri Redunca Mountain LC * * fulvorufula reedbuck Kobus Waterbuck LC * * ellipsiprymnus Oreotragus Klipspringer LC * * oreotragus Aepyceros Impala LC * * melampus Alcelaphus Hartebeest LC * * 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 EN Jackson’s hartebeest)

Table 3. Smaller mammals (body weight <3 kg)4,5

Order² Scientific Common Categ- Ole Lol- Ena- Ol name name² ory of Naishu ldaiga Soit Jogi threat³ Macroscelididea Elephantulus Rufous sengi LC * * rufescens Primates Galago Kenya lesser LC * * senegalensis galago

Rodentia Paraxerus Ochre bush LC * * ochraceus squirrel Xerus Striped ground LC * * erythropus squirrel Xerus rutilus Unstriped LC * * ground squirrel Graphiurus Forest African LC * murinus dormouse Saccostomus Mearn’s LC * * mearnsi pouched mouse Dendromus Montane LC * insignis African climbing mouse Lophiomys Maned rat LC * imhausi Acomys c.f. Percival’s LC * percivali spiny mouse Acomys Wilson’s spiny LC * wilsoni mouse Gerbilliscus Fringe-tailed LC * * robustus gerbil Aethomys Hind’s veld rat LC * hindei Arvicanthis Nile grass rat LC * * niloticus Grammomys Woodland LC * dolichurus thicket rat Lemniscomys Striated grass LC * striatus mouse Mus sp.? Pygmy mouse LC * * Myomyscus Brockman’s LC * brockmani meadow mouse Rattus rattus Black rat LC * Soricomorpha Crociduara Bicoloured LC * c.f. musk shrew fuscomurina Crocidura c.f. Hildegarde’s LC * * hildegardeae shrew Crocidura c.f. Small-footed LC * parvipes shrew Chiroptera Epomophorus Wahlberg’s LC * * wahlbergi epauletted fruit bat Rhinolophus Eloquent LC * eloquens horseshoe bat

Rhinolophus Rüppell’s LC * fumigatus horseshoe bat Hipposideros Sundevall’s LC * caffer leaf-nosed bat Triaenops African trident LC * afer bat Miniopterus Long-fingered * sp.? bat Cardioderma Heart-nosed LC * cor bat Lavia frons Yellow- LC * * winged bat Nycteris Egyptian slit- LC * * thebaica faced bat Tadarida Egyptian free- LC * aegyptiaca tailed bat Tadarida Madagascan LC * fulminans free-tailed bat Tadarida cf. Big-eared LC * lobata free-tailed bat Tadarida Little free- LC * * pumila tailed bat Laephotis De Winton’s LC * * wintoni long-eared bat Pipistrelles Cape LC * * capensis pipistrelle Pipistrelles ? pipistrelle * sp.1? Pipistrelles ? pipistrelle * sp. 2? Scotophilus Yellow-bellied LC * * dinganii house bat Scotophilus cf. Nut-coloured LC * nux house bat Myotis Temminck’s LC * tricolor myotis Carnivora Ictonyx Zorilla LC * * striatus Herpestes Slender LC * * sanguineus mongoose Helogale Dwarf LC * * parvula mongoose

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.). 2013.

Mammals of Africa (6 vols.). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

³ Degree of threat category and abbreviations taken from:

IUCN. 2013. 2013 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Website: www.iucnredlist.org

Abbreviations: CR: Critically Endangered; EN: Endangered; VU: Vulnerable; DD: Data Deficient; LC: Least Concern; NE: Not Evaluated; NT: Near Threatened.

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. & Mathiu, J. Personal observations.

Hodge, A. C. 2014. Lolldaiga Hills mammal survey, 2014. Unpublished report to Lolldaiga Hills Ltd, Nanyuki, Kenya.

Webala, P. W. 2014. 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.

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Some totals:

 Total species of larger mammal: 57. 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: 46. None are listed on the IUCN Red List as ‘Threatened’.  Total species of mammal: 103  Total primates: 7  Total carnivores: 21  Total ungulates: 25  Total rodents: 19  Total bats: 20  Total shrews: 3

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 ([email protected]) or Yvonne de Jong ([email protected]) 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 and Lorna A. Depew (17 September 2015).