A Collection of different species of small mammals in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and adjacent farmlands in Gede, Kilifi County, Kenya

Simon Musila; Robert Syingi; Aziza Zuhura; Paul Webala; Bruce Patterson; Galen Rathbun; Nathan Gichuki

doi:10.15468/grwtis

A Collection of different species of small mammals in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and adjacent farmlands in Gede, Kilifi County, Kenya

Citation

Musila S, Syingi R, Zuhura A, Webala P, Patterson B, Rathbun G, Gichuki N (2019). A Collection of different species of small mammals in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and adjacent farmlands in Gede, Kilifi County, Kenya. Version 1.1. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/grwtis accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-12-06.

Description

We present data on the collections of different small mammals (mainly bats, shrews and rodents) collected from the interior of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (ASF) and human-modified habitats (farmlands) around the forest. A total of 534 specimens have been collected in the area from 1932-2017. Some collections of 1932-1972 were collected in areas which already had the indigenous natural vegetation typical of east African coastal biome, but currently such vegetation has completely been lost and replaced with farmlands and human settlement areas, thus not suitable for supporting the coastal species like the Golden-rumped Sengi (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus). Hence, the collection data can be used to inform on the changes in the size of ASF overtime, as result of anthropogenic activities around it and how it consequently affects the distribution of species conserved in this forest.

Taxonomic Coverages

All small mammals individuals captured were identified to mainly species and very few up to genus level

Carnivora
common name: Genet rank: order
Chiroptera
common name: Bats rank: order
Macroscelidea
common name: Sengi rank: order
Primate
common name: Galago rank: order
Rodentia
rank: order
Soricomorpha
common name: Shrew rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (ASF) and adjacent farmlands around Gede (especially from Mtsangoni, Mida, Arabuko, Gede, Watamu and Msabaha villages), Kenya

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Contacts

Simon Musila
originator
position: Head of Section - Mammalogy
National Museums of Kenya
P.O.Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: surnbirds@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Robert Syingi
originator
position: Research Intern
National Museums of Kenya
P.O.Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: robertsyingi@gmail.com

Aziza Zuhura
originator
position: Research Technician
National Museums of Kenya
P.O.Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: azizazuhura@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Paul Webala
originator
position: Senior Lecturer
Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management,Maasai Mara University
P.O.Box 861
Narok
20500
Rift Valley
KE
email: paul.webala@gmail.com

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

Galen Rathbun
originator
position: Research Fellow
Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy, California Academy of Sciences
P.O. Box 202
San Francisco
93428
California
US
email: grathbun@gmail.com

Nathan Gichuki
originator
position: Professor
School of Biological Sciences,University of Nairobi
P.O.Box 30197
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: ngichuki@uonbi.ac.ke

Simon Musila
metadata author
position: Head of Section - Mammalogy
National Museums of Kenya
P.O.Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: surnbirds@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Esther Mwangi
processor
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
P.O.Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: ewmwangi@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Lawrence Monda
publisher
position: ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya
P.O.Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lmonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Simon Musila
administrative point of contact
position: Head of Section - Mammalogy
National Museums of Kenya
P.O.Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: surnbirds@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke