Occurrence records of different mammal species from several localities in Kenya

Simon Musila; Aziza Zuhura; Samson Mabeya; Sidney Shema; Stephen Nyaga; George Legrange

doi:10.15468/vyf55f

Occurrence records of different mammal species from several localities in Kenya

Citation

Musila S, Zuhura A, Mabeya S, Shema S, Nyaga S, Legrange G (2022). Occurrence records of different mammal species from several localities in Kenya. Version 1.1. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vyf55f accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Many sighting observations of Kenyan mammal species are captured in various literature both in print and electronic media, peer-reviewed articles, various websites, and individuals field observations notebooks. However, few of these records have ever been digitized and published for use by scientific community. We reviewed websites, books and retrieved data from our field notebooks observations of medium and large sized mammals and compiled this dataset from different localities in 15 counties in Kenya. A total of 1,659 mammal species records, comprising of 156 mammal species were recorded in this analysis represented by 14 mammal orders namely; Cetartiodactyla (Even-toed and whales and dolphins (44 spp.); Order Pholidota (Pangolins–two spp.), Order Hyracoidea (Hyraxes–three spp.), Tubulidentata (Aardvark–one spp.), Carnivora (Carnivores) 29 spp.), Chiroptera (Bats) 8 spp.), Erinaceomorpha (Hedgehogs) 1 spp.), Lagomorpha (Hares) 3 spp.), Macroscelidea (Elephant shrews) 3 spp.), Primates (Wild primates and man) 9 spp.), Proboscidae (African elephants) 1 spp.), Rodentia (Rodents) 42 spp.), Order Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates–4 spp.) and Soricomorpha (White-toothed shrews (6 spp.). We recommend further review of literature, digitization, and publication of the Kenyan mammal data in order to make such data available for future scientific research.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Data recorded from 15 counties in Kenya including Taita-Taveta, Migori, Makueni, Nairobi, Narok, Nakuru, Kitui, Kilifi, Laikipia, Kwale, Kisumu, Kiambu, Isiolo, Kajiado and Kakamega. Republic of Kenya (0.0236° S, 37.9062° E)

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Contacts

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

Aziza Zuhura
originator
position: Data technician
Mammalogy Section, Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya
P.O. Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
KE
email: azizazuhura@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.museums.or.ke/

Samson Mabeya
originator
position: Data Collector
Mammalogy Section, Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya
P.O. Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
KE
homepage: https://www.museums.or.ke/

Sidney Shema
originator
position: Project Manager- Kenya Bird Map
Ornithology Section, Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya
P.O. Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
email: sidneyshema@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.museums.or.ke/

Stephen Nyaga
originator
position: Data Collector
Wildlife Research and Training Institute
P.O. Box 842
Naivasha
20117
KE

George Legrange
originator
position: Data Collector
Mammalogy Section, Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya
P.O. Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
KE

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

Aziza Zuhura
metadata author
position: Data technician
National Museums of Kenya
P.O. Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
KE
email: azizazuhura@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.museums.or.ke/

Judith Ochieng
publisher
position: Project Coordinator BID-GBIF
A Rocha Kenya
P.O Box 383
Watamu
80202
KE
email: kenya@arocha.org
homepage: https://www.arocha.or.ke/
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-adhiambo-955399127/

Lawrence Monda
programmer
position: Technical Liaison GBIF Kenya
National Museums of Kenya
P.O Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
email: Imonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: https://www.museums.or.ke/

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