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INDIGENOUS ANIMAL SPECIES SEEN ON KENANA FARM

SINCE JANUARY 1998

Mammals

Aardvark – Orycteropus afer
Colobus Monkey – Colobus abyssinicus
Crawshay’s Hare – Lepus crawshayi
Common Genet – Genetta genetta
Serval Cat – Felis serval
African Wild Cat – Felis lybica
White Tailed Mongoose – Ichneumia albicauda
Marsh Mongoose – Atilax paludinosus
Egyptian Mongoose – Herpestes ichneumon
Zorilla – Ictonyx striatus
Honey Badger – Mellivora capensis
Steenbok – Raphicerus campestris
Grimm’s Duiker – Sylvicapra grimmia
Elephant – Loxondata africana (2 males in ’01)
Tree Hyrax – Dendrohyrax arboreus
Forest shrew Sp. – Mysorex sp.
Musk Shrew sp. – Crocidura sp.
Striped Mouse – Rhabdomys pumilio
Tree Mouse – Thallomys paedulcus
Single Striped Mouse – Lemniscomys rosalia
Woodland Doormouse – Graphiurus murinus
House Rat – Rattus rattus (introduced)
African Mole rat – Cryptomys hottentotus
Pipistrelle Bat sp. – Pipistrellus sp.

Reptiles

Von Hohnel’s Chamelion – Chamaeleo hoehnelii
Striped Skink - Mabuya striata
Kenya Striped Skaapsteker – Psammophylax multisquamis

BIRD SPECIES SEEN ON KENANA FARM SINCE JANUARY 2000
Please tick off positively identified birds confirmed by more than two people put the
date on this sheet of paper for our records then hand in to the bar.

APALIS Yellow Breasted
BATIS Chin Spot
BARBET Saw Toothed
BEE EATER European
BEE EATER White Fronted
BEE EATER Cinnamon Chested
BISHOP Red
BISHOP Yellow
BOUBOU Tropical
BULBUL Common
BUSTARD Black Bellied
BUZZARD Augur
BUZZARD Common
BUZZARD Eurasian Honey
CANARY Brimstone
CANARY Yellow Crowned
CISTICOLA Singing
CISTICOLA Hunters

INSECT SPECIES FOUND ON KENANA FARM

Butterflies

Orange Dog - Papilio demodocus demodocus
African Emigrant - Catopsilia florella
African Clouded Yellow - Colias electo pseudohectate
African Golden Arab - Colotis aurigineus
False Dotted Border - Belenois thysa thysa
Marshall’s Acraea Mimic - Mimacraea marshalli media
African Queen - Danaus chrysippus chrysippus
Green Vein Charaxes – Charaxes candiope candiope
Danaid Eggfly - Hypolimnas misippus
Gaudy Commodore - Precis octavia sesamus
Dark Blue Pansy - Junonia oenone oenone
Yellow Pansy - Junonia hierta cebrene
Soldier Commodore - Junonia terea elgiva
African Leopard Fritilliary - Phalanta eurytis eurytis
Painted Lady – Vanessa cardui cardui
Anthene sp.
Metisella sp.
Acraea sp.
Eurema sp.
Belanois sp

Other Interesting Bugs

Praying Mantis
Carnivorous hunters, well known as the female often bites the head off the male during copulation

TREES AND SHRUBS ON KENANA FARM

Acacia abyssinica - Flat Top Acacia
Acacia gerrardii – Gerrard’s Acacia
Acacia lahai – Red Thorn Acacia
Acacia mearnsii – Black Wattle
Acacia melanoxylon – Australian Blackwood
Acacia podalyriifolia – Golden Wattle
Acacia seyal – White Thorn
Acacia hockii – Hocki’s Acacia
Acacia polycanthra – Falcon’s Claw Acacia
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius – Indian Ash
Albizia schimperiana – Long Podded Albizia
Albizia gummifera – Peacock Flower Albizia
Aleurites moluccana – Candle Nut Tree
Arundinaria alpinia – Mountain Bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris – Golden Bamboo
Bauhinia variegata – Orchid Tree
Caesalpinia decapetala – Maritius Thorn
Callistemom citrinus – Bottle brush tree
Calodendrum capense – Cape Chestnut
Casurina cunninghamiana – Australian Beefwood
Celtis africana – White Stinkwood
Cereus peruvianus – Giant Cactus
Chorisia speciosa – Bombax
Cordia africana – Large Leafed Cordia