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Fig. 10 Mammal survey area Lake Mburo-Nakivali wetland system
6.2 Methods
The information for producing this report is strictly based on a search and collation of the available
literature. In most cases the direct mammal information for the target areas was only anecdotal. In
some instances such as those sourced from Kingdon (1971, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1982a and 1982b)
and Kityo et al (2009) the information represents actual point records of occurrence in the vicinity
of the wetland systems.
6.3 Results
As mentioned elsewhere in this report, the list of mammals presented here represents species that
are at this point assumed to range or occur in the two wetland systems. Field verification exercises
will need to be conducted to show which if any of the listed mammals still survive in the two
systems.
There is every possibility that the larger species will have been locally extirpated from these areas
but there are also small chances that some larger species may still occur at very low abundances.
The total number of mammals that we consider might occur or previously occurred in the Lake
Mburo –Nakivale and Opeta – Bisina wetland systems number to 138 species (Appendix 1). We
reiterate however, that outside the protected areas including Lake Mburo NP and Pian Upe wildlife
reserve in the vicinity of the wetland systems in question the larger species may well have been
extirpated out.
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Ecological Baseline Surveys of Lake Bisina, Lake Opeta, Lake Mburo and Nakivali Wetlands Systems