Frontier Tanzania Environmental Research REPORT 110 ...

Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve
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KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS IN ZOOLOGICAL TABLES
NEW RECORDS
* Species not previously recorded in Kazimzumbwi FR
** Species not previously recorded in Coastal Forests
ECOLOGICAL (ECOL.) TYPE
F - Forest dependent species (primary forest only, not including forest edge or secondary forest)
f - Forest dwelling but not forest dependent species
O - Non-forest species
ENDEMIC (END.) STATUS
E - Endemic species (occurring only in the Pugu Hills)
N - Near endemic species (a - range limited to Coastal Forests, b – range limited to Coastal Forests and the Eastern Arc
Mountains, c – range limited to Coastal Forests, the Eastern Arc Mountains and a few other East African forests)
W - Widespread distribution species
IUCN STATUS (1996)
EN – Endangered, VU – Vulnerable, LR – Lower Risk (cd – Conservation Dependent, nt – Near Threatened)
(CITES classification is given as the Appendix in which the species appears)
Nine species listed in Table 16 have not previously been recorded in Kazimzumbwi FR; mainly
antelope (including the near-endemic Cephalophus adersi) and Cricetomyidae (including the
near-endemic Beamys hindei). Two of these species also represent new records for Coastal
Forests (in general). One species; Lepus saxatalis, is a non-forest species however and it may be
for this reason that it has not been listed in previous Coastal Forest mammal fauna.
Of the 32 mammal species recorded in Kazimzumbwi FR, 7 (22%) are forest dependent, 11
(34%) forest dwelling and 3 (9%) non-forest species (Table 17). The greatest forest dependency
is within the ungulates, notably Cephalophus species. There are no mammal species endemic to
the Pugu Hills, although 4 species recorded (13%) are near-endemics. One has a range restricted
to Coastal Forests alone, two have ranges restricted to Coastal Forests and Eastern Arc Mountains
and one has a range of Coastal Forests, Eastern Arc Mountains and a few other East African
forests (Table 17 and 18). The majority of species recorded (17 or 53%) have wide distributions.
Three species were recorded which are listed as Threatened (Endangered or Vulnerable) by the
IUCN and two that are listed as at Lower Risk. Four species were recorded which appear in
CITES Appendix II.
Table 17 Summary of ecological type and endemic status of mammal species recorded in
Kazimzumbwi FR. (For abbreviations see key following Table 16).
Taxon Ecological type Endemic status
F f O Unknown E N W Unknown
Primates 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
Bats 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
Insectivores 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Elephant shrews 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Hares 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rodents 1 3 1 7 0 1 4 7
Carnivores 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
Scaly ant-eater 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ungulates 3 2 0 0 0 1 4 0
Totals 7 11 3 11 0 4 17 11
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