A Ecological Baseline Surveys Of: - Lake Bisina - Nature Uganda

Order Family Total
Pholidota Manidae 3
Pholidota Total 3
Primates Cercopithecidae 2
90
Galagonidae 3
Loridae 1
Primates Total 6
Rodentia Cricetidae 2
Hystricidae 2
Muridae 12
Myoxidae 1
Sciuridae 4
Thryonomyidae 2
Anomaluridae 1
Rodentia Total 24
Tubulidentata Orycteropodidae 1
Tubulidentata Total 1
Grand Total 110
Of the mammal species compiled for the Nakivali wetland system, it is likely that several species of
the orders Artiodactyla, the larger Carnivora, Perisodactyla and Primates are locally extirpated or if
they still exist, that they occur at very low densities. Species such as the Lions will certainly already
be locally extinct in areas outside the protected areas. These would reduce the diversity by up to 30
species, therefore leaving a still fairly rich mammalian biota of 80 species of small to medium sized
species. Because no specific mammalian studies have been conducted in the area, there may well
be many more species of small sized mammals that range into this area but that are not recorded
yet.
6.3.2 Bisina and Opeta wetland systems
Table 2 summarizes the possible mammalian diversity in the Bisina-Opeta wetland systems.
Altogether these comprise of 100 species in 13 orders the largest of which like is the case for the
Nakivali system are the Artiodactyla, Carnivora and Rodentia.
Table 2: Summary of possible mammalian diversity in the Bisina-Opeta
wetland system
Order Family Total
Artiodactyla total 20
Bovidae 17
Hippopotamidae 1
Suidae 2
Carnivora total 29
Canidae 4
Ecological Baseline Surveys of Lake Bisina, Lake Opeta, Lake Mburo and Nakivali Wetlands Systems