Threats to Mammals on Fragmented Habitats around Asella Town, Central Ethiopia

Table 1

List of species of mammals recorded from different habitats in the study area.

Order	Species	Common name	Species authority
Rodentia	Arvicanthis abyssinicus^*	Abyssinian grass rat	Rüppell, 1842
	Hystrix cristata	Crested porcupine	Linnaeus, 1758
	Lophuromys chrysopus^*	Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat	Osgood, 1936
	Lophuromys flavopunctatus	Yellow spotted brush-furred rat	Thomas, 1888
	Mastomys natalensis	Natal multimammate mouse	Smith, 1834
	Mus mahomet^*	Mahomet's mouse	Rhoads, 1896
	Rattus rattus	House rat	Linnaeus, 1758
	Stenocephalemys griseicauda^*	Gray tailed narrow-headed rat	Frick, 1972
	Stenocephalemys albipes^*	White footed rat	Rüppell, 1842
	Tachyoryctes splendens	East African mole rat	Rüppell, 1835
Primate	Chlorocebus pygerythrus	Vervet monkey	Cuvier, 1821
	Colobus guereza	Eastern black-and-white colobus	Rüppell, 1835
	Papio anubis	Olive baboon	Lesson, 1827
Cetartiodactyla	Ourebia ourebi	Oribi	Zimmermann, 1783
	Sylvicapra grimmia	Common duiker	Linnaeus, 1758
	Tragelaphus scriptus menelik^*	Menelik’s bushbuck	Neumann, 1902
Carnivora	Civettictis civetta	African civet	Schreber, 1776
	Crocuta crocuta	Spotted hyena	Erxleben, 1777
	Leptailurus serval	Serval	Schreber, 1776
	Herpestes sanguineus	Slender mongoose	Rüppell, 1835
	Poecilogale albinucha	African striped weasel	Gray, 1864
Tubulidentata	Orycteropus afer	Aardvark	Pallas, 1766

Endemic to Ethiopia.