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KASANKA MAMMAL LIST |
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ABUNDANCE:
RARE LIMITED COMMON ABUNDANT |
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COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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Four-toed elephant shrew |
Petrodromus tetradactylus |
4 |
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Short-snouted elephant shrew |
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus |
2 |
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Lesser red musk shrew |
Crocidura hirta |
4 |
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Crocidura gracilipes |
4 |
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Little epauletted fruit-bat |
Epomophorus minor |
3 |
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Gambian epauletted fruit-bat |
Epomophorus gambianus |
3 |
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Straw-coloured fruit-bat |
Eidolon helvum (seasonal) |
5 |
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Egyptian slit-faced bat |
Nycteris thebaica |
1 |
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Sundevall’s leaf-nosed bat |
Hipposideros caffer |
1 |
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Banana bat |
Pipistrellus nanus |
1 |
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Free-tailed bats |
Tadarida sp. |
1 |
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Southern lesser bushbaby |
Galago moholi |
4 |
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Thick-tailed bushbaby |
Otolemur crassicaudatus |
4 |
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Blue monkey |
Cercopithecus mitis |
3 |
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Vervet monkey |
Cercocebus aethiops |
3 |
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Savanna baboon (yellow race) |
Papio cynocephalus |
5 |
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Side-striped jackal |
Canis adustus |
4 |
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Spotted-necked otter |
Lutra maculicollis |
3 |
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Cape clawless otter |
Aonyx capensis |
3 |
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Honey Badger |
Mellivora capensis |
2 |
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African civet |
Civettictis civetta |
4 |
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Genet (2-3 species) |
Genetta sp. |
5 |
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Large grey Mongoose |
Herpestes ichneumon |
3 |
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Slender mongoose |
Galerella sanguineus |
4 |
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White-tailed mongoose |
Ichneumia albicauda |
2 |
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Water mongoose |
Atilax paludinosus |
3 |
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Banded mongoose |
Mungos mungo |
2 |
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Dwarf mongoose |
Helogale parvula |
2 |
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Spotted hyaena |
Crocuta crocuta |
2 |
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Lion |
Panthera leo |
1 |
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Leopard |
Panthera pardus |
3 |
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Serval |
Leptailurus serval |
2 |
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Caracal |
Caracal caracal |
3 |
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Elephant |
Loxodonta africana |
3 |
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Tree hyrax |
Dendrohyrax arboreus |
2 |
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Burchell's Zebra |
Equus burchellii |
1 |
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Bushpig |
Potamochoerus larvatus |
4 |
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Warthog |
Phacochoerus africanus |
5 |
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Hippopotamus |
Hippopotamus amphibius |
4 |
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Buffalo |
Syncerus caffer |
2 |
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Sitatunga |
Tragelaphus spekei |
5 |
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Bushbuck |
Tragelaphus scriptus |
5 |
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Common duiker |
Sylvicapra grimmia |
5 |
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Southern reedbuck |
Redunca arundinum |
4 |
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Puku |
Kobus vardoni |
5 |
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Defassa waterbuck |
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa |
3 |
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Roan |
Hippotragus equinus |
3 |
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Sable |
Hippotragus niger |
3 |
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Lichtenstein’s hartebeest |
Sigmoceros (Alcelaphus) lichtensteini |
4 |
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Tsessebe |
Damaliscus lunatus |
1 |
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Oribi |
Ourebia ourebia |
1 |
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Sharpe’s grysbok |
Raphicerus sharpei |
3 |
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Scrub hare |
Lepus Saxatilis |
4 |
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molerat (species to be identified) |
Cryptomys sp. |
5 |
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Southern porcupine |
Hystrix africaeaustralis |
4 |
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Greater canerat |
Thryonomys swinderianus |
3 |
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Sun squirrel |
Heliosciurus gambianus |
3 |
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Giant rat |
Cricetomys gambianus |
2 |
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Fat mouse |
Steatomys pratensis |
2 |
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Angoni vlei rat |
Otomys angoniensis |
2 |
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Naked-footed gerbils |
Tatera sp. |
4 |
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Multimammate mouse |
Praomys natalensis |
3 |
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Multimammate mouse |
Praomys denniae |
5 |
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Pygmy mouse |
Mus Minutoides |
3 |
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Grey-bellied pygmy mouse |
Mus triton |
2 |
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House rat |
Rattus Rattus |
1 |
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Water rat |
Dasymys incomtus |
2 |
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Veld rats |
Aethomys sp. |
4 |
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Groove-toothed rat |
Pelomys fallax |
2 |
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Nile grass rat |
Arvicanthis niloticus |
2 |
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Woodland mouse |
Grammomys dolichurus |
4 |
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Spiny mouse |
Acomys spinosissimus |
2 |