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INDIGENOUS ANIMAL SPECIES SEEN ON KENANA FARM

SINCE JANUARY 1998

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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)
  • Crested Porcupine – Hystrix cristata
  • 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
  • White Lipped Snake – Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
  • Mole Snake – Pseudaspis cana
  • Puff Adder – Bitis artiens
  • Southern African Rock Python – Python natalensis
  • Brown House Snake – Lamprophis fulignosus
  • Peter’s Worm Snake - Leptothyphlops scutifrons
Amphibians
  • Square Marked Toad – Bufa regularis
  • Clawed Frog – Xenepus laevis
  • Common Rana Frog – Rana angloensis