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Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve: biological and socio-economic survey 35 Twelve species of rodent (from three families) and three species of shrew were identified, as listed in Table 4.2. Table 4.2 Checklist of the small rodents and shrews of Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve Vernacular name Specific name Typical Range Status habitat Order Insectivora Family Soricidae: shrews Hildegarde’s musk shrew Crocidura hildegardeae f m c KUT DD Dwarf musk shrew C. nanilla s KU LR (LC) Climbing forest shrew Sylvisorex megalura m KUT DD Order Rodentia Family Cricetidae: Cricetid rats Southern pouched rat Saccostomus campestris s T DD Family Muridae: mice & rats Sahel spiny mouse Acomys cineraceus - U DD Grey spiny mouse A. percivali - KU DD Northern bush rat Aethomys hindei g s KUT LR (LC) Nile grass rat Arvicanthis niloticus g c KUT LR (LC) Barbary striped grass rat Lemniscomys barbarus g KUT DD Common striped grass rat L. striatus s g c h KUT LR (LC) N. savannah multimammate rat Mastomys hildebrandtii h c KUT LR (LC) Pygmy mouse sp. Mus sp. - - - African meadow rat Myomys fumatus s g KUT LR (LC) Rudd’s mouse Uranomys rudi - KU DD Family Myoxidae: dormice African common dormouse Graphiurus murinus w s h KUT LR (LC) Nomenclature and taxonomy follow Davies & Vanden Berghe (1994). Typical habitat from Delany (1975), Nicoll & Rathbun (1990), Kingdon (1974ab), and Rosevear (1969). Key Typical habitat f forest interior g grassland m moist fe forest edge s savannah c cultivation w woodland sw swamp h human habitation Range (East African countries from which the species is recorded by Davies & Vanden Berghe (1994)) K Kenya U Uganda T Tanzania Status (from Kityo, 1996) LR Low Risk LC Least Concern DD Data Deficient NE Not Evaluated Frontier-Uganda Wildlife Protected Areas Project January 1998 Baseline Surveys Programme Report No. 13
Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve: biological and socio-economic survey 36 The species accumulation rate for small rodents and shrews captured in small mammal traps is shown in Figure 4.2. Figure 4.2 Species accumulation rate for small rodents captured in small mammal traps in Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve Number of species 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Sampling effort (trap nights) Unfortunately some shrew specimens remain unidentified at the time of writing, and thus species accumulation rates for shrews cannot be shown. There were insufficient data for the species accumulation rate for small rodents captured in pitfall traps to be shown. 4.4.5 Discussion Figure 4.2 suggests that the collection of small rodents using this sampling technique is near completion in the habitats sampled. Sampling in additional habitats is likely to reveal further species. Shrews Crocidura hildegardeae is known to be widely distributed in the moister parts of East Africa (Kingdon, 1974a). Crocidura nanilla has been recorded in northern Uganda and northern Kenya (Kingdon, 1974a), with more recent records from south-western Uganda (Dickenson & Kityo, 1996; Lloyd, 1997). Sylvisorex megalura occurs in moist localities at medium altitudes. It is recorded west to Niger and south to the Limpopo (Kingdon, 1974a). Cricetid rats Saccostomus campestris occurs in various savannah habitats, particularly in areas subject to regular burning. It feeds on Acacia pods, and makes it burrows near streams and rivers, which was where it was recorded in the reserve. It is distributed throughout East and southern Africa (Kingdon, 1974b), although this may be the first record for Uganda. Frontier-Uganda Wildlife Protected Areas Project January 1998 Baseline Surveys Programme Report No. 13
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