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individuals who do not leave the roost hence making it grow in size. The bats are not
reported to cause a serious problem to the people except eating of mangoes but the
area has only few mango trees hence the impact is minimal. One of the potential
problems indicated by the Kidike NGO leaders is that the main roosting trees for the
bats the Migulele are not showing a good sign of regeneration. Conservation
authorities in Pemba have to make sure that this very important roost is monitored,
protected and maintained. This should include continued assistance by the SMZ
(Natural Resources Authorities) to Kidike NGO activities.
4.2.2 Relative abundance of animals
Overall the few mammals present appeared to be widely distributed in the study area
though individual species or groups tended to occur more in certain habitats than
others. The catch was highly skewed towards rodents (Rattus rattus) and to some
extent amphibians. The low catch among amphibian groups was attributed to the lack
of rain during the survey time. Few mammals except Vervet monkeys were physically
seen in the six transects covered during the animal foot count census to warrant any
meaningful density calculation.
The relative abundance of some mammals is summarized in Table 4.12 below.
Factors including occurrence and distribution, population numbers, rarity and
endemism have been taken into account.
Table 4.12: Total number of fauna specimens captured in traps (bucket pitfalls, snaps,
Sherman’s, cage) in Ngezi forest, Pemba (January 2005)
Transect (T)
Animal group
Total
Shrews Rodents Reptiles Amphibians
1. Kwa Joshi trail 0 5 10 6 21
2. Makangare bwawani 3 20 2 27 52
3. Erica bushland 0 0 3 1 4
4. Chokaani coral rag 0 7 6 0 13
5. Maeopsis mixed 0 10 1 6 17
stand
6. Machopeni 0 14 5 3 22
Total 3 56 27 43 129
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