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Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve: biological and socio-economic survey 23 3.4.1 Checklist Thirty-one species of large mammal (from nine orders and 14 families) were identified, as listed Table 3.3. Table 3.3 Checklist of the large mammals of Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve Vernacular name Specific name Record type/ Conservation Habitat abundance status Order Primates Family Cercopithecidae: old world monkeys Vervet monkey Cercopithecus aethiops R w Patas monkey Erythrocebus patas R w Olive baboon Papio anubis C g k w Order Carnivora Family Canidae: dogs, jackals, & foxes Jackal sp. Canis sp. ID g Family Viverridae: civets & genets East African civet Civettictis civetta ID g Family Herpestidae: mongooses White-tailed mongoose Ichneumia albicauda R g Family Hyaenidae: aardwolf & hyenas Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta O LR/cd g w Family Felidae: cats Serval Felis serval R g c African wild cat Felis silvestris ID g Leopard Panthera pardus ID g c w Order Perissodactyla Family Equidae: horses & zebra Plains zebra Equus burchelli ID g w Order Hyracoidea Family Procaviidae: hyraxes Yellow-spotted rock hyrax Heterohyrax brucei O k Order Tubulidentata Family Orycteropodidae: aardvark Aardvark/ant bear Orycteropus afer ID g c w Order Artiodactyla Family Suidae: pigs Warthog Phacochoerus africanus ID g w Bushpig Potamochoerus porcus ID g c Family Bovidae: horned ungulates Topi Damaliscus lunatus R LR/cd g c African buffalo Syncerus caffer ID LR/cd g c w Common eland Taurotragus oryx R LR/cd g w Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus ID w Blue duiker Cephalophus monticola C g k c w Common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia C g k c w Gunther’s dik-dik Madoqua guentheri O g c w Klipspringer Oroetragus oroetragus R LR/cd k Oribi Ourebia ourebi A LR/cd g k c w Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus ID LR/cd g c w Uganda kob Kobus kob R LR/cd g w Bohor reedbuck Redunca redunca O LR/cd g k c w Mountain reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula O LR/cd g k c w Frontier-Uganda Wildlife Protected Areas Project January 1998 Baseline Surveys Programme Report No. 13
Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve: biological and socio-economic survey 24 Vernacular name Specific name Record type/ Conservation Habitat abundance status Order Rodentia Family Hystricidae: porcupines Crested porcupine Hystrix cristata ID LR/nt g c Order Lagomorpha Family Leporidae: hares Hare sp. Lepus sp. R g Order Insectivora Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs Four-toed hedgehog Atelerix albiventris R g Nomenclature and taxonomy follow Davies & Vanden Berghe (1994). Key Record type/abundance ID indirect records only R rare: direct records made once or twice; few indirect records O occasional: direct records made once or twice; many indirect records C common: over five direct records A abundant: over ten direct records Conservation status (Baillie & Groombridge, 1996) LR Low Risk cd conservation dependent nt near threatened Habitat g grassland k kopjes c cultivated land w woodland 3.4.2 Distribution and habitat use Primates Vervet and patas monkeys were observed in riverine woodland near the Greek River in small groups. Baboon troops of up to 40 individuals were observed near the Greek River, in and around the Napadet hills, and on small kopjes near Moruajore (Fig. 3.2). Figure 3.2 Distribution of olive baboon in Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve Frontier-Uganda Wildlife Protected Areas Project January 1998 Baseline Surveys Programme Report No. 13
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