Occurrence records of mammal species in Taita-Taveta, Kwale and Kilifi counties in Kenya

Simon Musila; Aziza Zuhura; Robert Syingi; Richard Yego; Mike Bartonjo; Jens Rydell; Xue-Long Jiang; Chang Zhe Pu; Wan Sung; Adrià López-Baucells; Ricardo Rocha; Judith Mbau; B. D. Patterson; Paul Webala

doi:10.15468/8g8287

Occurrence records of mammal species in Taita-Taveta, Kwale and Kilifi counties in Kenya

Citation

Musila S, Zuhura A, Syingi R, Yego R, Bartonjo M, Rydell J, Jiang X, Zhe Pu C, Sung W, López-Baucells A, Rocha R, Mbau J, Patterson B D, Webala P (2022). Occurrence records of mammal species in Taita-Taveta, Kwale and Kilifi counties in Kenya. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8g8287 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Many sighting observations of Kenyan mammal species as well as preserved museums specimens have not been digitized and published online. This dataset comprises of field observations of mammals and museums specimens collected from several studies conducted in three counties in Kenyan coast (Kwale, Kilifi and Taita-Taveta) in several years (2009, 2012, 2016, 2018). Medium and large sized mammals were recorded using direct or indirect methods using transect searches. Bats, were surveyed with mist-nets were set across bat flyways and others directly captured with hand nets as they flew out of active roosts. Rodents and shrews were sampled with Sherman traps and metal snap traps. A total of 77 mammal species were record in the three study counties represented by 11 mammal orders; Carnivora (Carnivores) 7 spp.); Cetartiodactyla (Even-toed and whales and dolphins (10 spp.); Chiroptera (Bats) 35 spp.); Erinaceomorpha (Hedgehogs) 1 spp.); Hyracoidea (Hyraxes) 1 spp.); Lagomorpha (Hares) 1 spp.); Macroscelidea (Elephant shrews) 3 spp.); Primates (Wild primates and man) 7 spp.); Proboscidae (African elephants) 1 spp.); Rodentia (Rodents) 10 spp.) and Soricomorpha (White-toothed shrews (1 spp.). Further detailed mammal ecological research is needed in the Kenyan coastal forests. This is because all these forests are highly disturbed by increasing human activities around them such as extraction of building materials and firewood, as well as encroachment for human settlements and crop cultivation.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Kwale County; Latitude. -4.224656, Longitude. 39.235001; Elevation. 0-200m
Taita County; Latitude. --3.433000, Longitude. 38.454257; Elevation. 0-200m
Kilifi County; Latitude. -3.473883, Longitude. 39.770960; Elevation. 0-200m

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Contacts

Simon Musila
originator
position: Head, Mammmalogy Section
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: smusila@museums.or.ke

Aziza Zuhura
originator
position: Laboratory Technician, Mammalogy Section
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE

Robert Syingi
originator
position: Research Intern, Mammalogy Section
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE

Richard Yego
originator
position: Research Scientist, Mammalogy Section
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE

Mike Bartonjo
originator
position: Research Intern, Mammalogy Section
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE

Jens Rydell
originator
position: Researcher
Lund University
Lund
Box 117, 22100
SE

Xue-Long Jiang
originator
position: Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming
CN

Chang Zhe Pu
originator
position: Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming
CN

Wan Sung
originator
position: Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming
CN

Adrià López-Baucells
originator
position: Senior Researcher
Granollers Museum of Natural Sciences
Granollers
Catalonia
ES

Ricardo Rocha
originator
position: Researcher
Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes
Lisbon
PT
email: ricardo.nature@gmail.com

Judith Mbau
originator
position: Lecturer and Researcher
Dept. of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), University of Nairobi
Nairobi
Box 29053 - 00625
Nairobi
KE
email: jmbau@uonbi.ac.ke

B. D. Patterson
originator
position: Curator of Mammals
Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
60605-2496
Illinois
US
email: bpatterson@fieldmuseum.org

Paul Webala
originator
position: Senior Lecturer
Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University
Narok
861 - 20500
Narok
KE
email: pwebala@mmarau.ac.ke

Simon Musila
metadata author
position: Head, Mammmalogy Section
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: smusila@museums.or.ke

Simon Musila
administrative point of contact
position: Head, Mammmalogy Section
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Nairobi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE
email: smusila@museums.or.ke

Aziza Zuhura
administrative point of contact
position: Laboratory Technician, Mammalogy Section
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill Road
Naiorbi
40658 - 00100
Nairobi
KE