Trip Report
Birding
Ethiopia:
Annotated List of
MammalsRecorded
14 November - 18 December 1999
Taxonomy, nomenclature and order follows Kingdon (1997).
Guereza/Black-and-white
Colobus Colobus guereza
First seen at Wondo Genet; fairly widespread thereafter
Samango/Green
Monkey Cercpithecus
mitis
Wondo Genet
Sacred/Hamadryas
Baboon Papio hamadryas
One group north of Awash NP and one just east of the town of Awash
Olive/Anubis
Baboon Papio anubis
First at Jemmu River; hereafter widespread
Gelada
Baboon Theropithecus gelada
One troop of about 30 individuals at Debre Libanos
Grivet/Vervet/Sykes
Monkey Cercopithecus a. aethiops
Wondo Genet; thereafter widespread
Cape
Hare Lepus capensis
One at the Ankober Escarpment
Starck’s
Hare Lepus starcki
One in the Web Valley, BMNP
Unstriped
Ground Squirrel Xerus rutilus
A few between Agere Maryam and Yavello
Gambian
Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus
gambianus
One in some well developed woodland near Gambela
Root-rats
Tachyoryctes
spp.
Bale NP
Common
(Golden) Jackal Canis aureus
One along the road from Wondo Genet to Shashemene
Black-backed
Jackal Canis mesomelas
Rift Valley
Ethiopian
Wolf Canis simensis
At least 10 in the Bale NP; most numerous on the Sanetti Plateau
Bat-eared
Fox Otocyon megalotis
One on the Did-Tuyara ranch near Yavello
White-tailed
Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda
Nechisar NP
Spotted
Hyaena Crocuta crocuta
Harar; heard Arero and Addis Ababa
African
Civet Civettictis civetta
One in the Harenna Forest, Bale NP
Serval
Cat Felis serval
One near Dinsho, Bale NP
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Heard at Harenna Forest, Bale NP
Lion
Panthera leo
Heard at Nechisar NP
Ethiopian
Rock Hyrax Procavia habessinica
Web Valley, Bale NP
Common
Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
A few in Bale NP
(Menelik’s)
Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki
Dinsho, Bale NP
Lesser
Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis
Small numbers at Arero forest and Awash
Mountain
Nyala (Gedemsa) Tragelaphus buxtoni
Dinsho, Bale NP
Bush
Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia
Bale NP
Salt's
Dikdik Madoqua saltiana
Awash NP
Guenther's
Dikdik Madoqua guentheri
South of Yavello
Bohor
Reedbuck Redunca redunca
Near Dinsho, BMNP
Soemmerring's
Gazelle Gazella soemmerringi
A few on the plains in Awash NP
Grant's
Gazelle Gazella granti
Nechisar NP
Korkay/Swayne’s
Harbeest Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei
Nechisar NP
Beisa
Oryx Beisa oryx
Awash NP
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