Research Article

Large Mammal Diversity and Endemism at Geremba Mountain Fragment, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Checklist of large wild mammals registered in Geremba Mountain, southern Ethiopia.

Taxon scientific nameCommon nameIUCN statusCITES statusCurrent/Local status

Artiodactyla
 Bovidae
  Tragelaphus scriptus menelikiMenelik’s bushbuckELCUn-co
  Sylvicapra grimmiaCommon duikerLCUn-co

Carnivora
 Canidae
  Canis aureus
 HyaenidaeCommon jackalLCUn-co
  Crocuta crocutaSpotted hyenaLCCo
 FelidaeLeopardVUApp. IRa
  Panthera pardusServal catLCApp. IIRa
  Felis serval

Primates
 Cercopithecidae
  Chlorocebus djamdjamensisBale monkeyEVUApp. IIRa
  Papio anubisOlive baboonLCApp. IIUn-co

Rodentia
 HystricidaeCrested porcupineLCUn-co
  Hystrix cristata

Tubulidentata
 OrycteropodidaeAardvarkLCUn-co
  Orycteropus afer

IUCN status: EN: endangered, VU: vulnerable, NT: near threatened, LC: least concern; CITES status: App. I/II: appendix I/II; current/local status: Co: common, Un-co: uncommon, Ra: rare; E endemic.