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<strong>Mpanga</strong> / <strong>Kipengere</strong> <strong>Game</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong>; A Biodiversity Survey<br />

Species Common name Local name Evidence Habitat re<strong>co</strong>rded<br />

from<br />

HYSTERICIDAE<br />

Hystrix africaeaustralis**<br />

South African<br />

porcupine<br />

Nungu nungu Quill WL Southern Tanzania is an area of overlap for this<br />

species and the crested porcupine<br />

LEPORIDAE<br />

Lepus saxatillus Scrub hare Sungura Observed/dung/traps WL & FGM<br />

Pronolagus rupestris** Smiths red rabbit Sungura Observed/heard/dung WL<br />

MACROSCELIDINAE<br />

Elephant<strong>uk</strong>us sp.** Lesser elephant shrew Panya Caught WL<br />

MURIDAE<br />

Aethomys sp. Bush rat Panya Caught WL<br />

A<strong>co</strong>mys spinossimus Spiny mouse Panya Caught WL<br />

Hylomyscus cf. denniae* African woodmouse Panya Caught WL & FGM Forest dwelling species<br />

Grammomys <strong>co</strong>mete<br />

Narrow-footed<br />

woodland mouse<br />

Panya Caught FGM Forest dwelling species, restricted in range to wet<br />

montane areas north and south of Lake Nyasa<br />

Dendromus sp.* Climbing mouse Panya Caught WL & FGM<br />

Mus minutoides** Common mouse Panya Caught WL & FGM Forest dwelling species<br />

Lophuromys flavopunctatus Bruh-furred mouse Panya Caught FGM<br />

Praomys cf. delectorum Soft-furred mouse Panya Caught FGM Forest dwelling species<br />

Rhabdomys pumilio Four-striped mouse Panya Caught FGM Di<strong>co</strong>ntinuous distribution<br />

MUSTELIDAE<br />

Aonyx capensis African clawless otter Fisimaji Observed/dung WL Patchily distributed, although still widely<br />

distributed, threatened by humans<br />

Mellivora capensis* Honey badger Nygere Dung WL & FGM Forest dwelling species<br />

Ictonyx striatus* Zorilla Kicheche Dung WL<br />

MYOXIDAE<br />

Graphiurus murinus African dormouse Panya Caught WL & FGM Forest dwelling species<br />

PTEROPODIDAE<br />

Epomophorus labiatus Epauletted fruitbat Popo Caught WL & FGM Forest dwelling species<br />

SCUIRIDAE<br />

Paraxerus ochraceus** Ochre bush squirel Kongogo Observed WL<br />

Notes<br />

<strong>Frontier</strong> Tanzania Environmental Research Report 99<br />

48

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