Mahale Mountains Wildlife Research Centre- Fauna

This page contains a rough collection of the fauna located within Mahale Mountians National Park and surrounding areas (i.e., Filibanga). The most detailed lists were of the mammal fauna and those regarding ant and termite fishing/eating. There have been studies conducted on other animals in the Mahale area, but were unavailable in English translation.

The following tables are grouped according to mammals, reptiles/amphibians, birds and insects. The source reference number can be found in the Works Cited list located at the bottom of this page.

Choose from the following groups:

  1. Mammals
  2. Reptiles & Amphibians
  3. Birds
  4. Insects

Works Cited

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Mammals

Order
Family
Genus Species Common Name Source (:page#)
Notes
Artiodactyla
Bovidae
Syncerus cafferAfrican buffalo6:19
BovidaeTragelaphus scriptusbushbuck6:19
BovidaeTragelaphus
(Taurotragus)
oryxSouthern Eland3: 237 & 4:66
BovidaeKobusellipsiprymnus defassaDefassa waterbuck3: 237
BovidaeAlcelaphuslichtensteiniLichtenstein's Hartebeest3: 237 & 4:66
BovidaeNeotragusmoschatusSuni3: 237
BovidaeNeotraguslivingstonianusLivingstone's Suni4:66
BovidaeAepycerosmelampusImpala4:66
BovidaeSylvicarpagrimmiabush duiker6:19
BovidaeHippotragusequinusRoan antelope6:19
BovidaeHippotragusnigerSable antelope4:66
BovidaeCephalophusmonticolaBlue duiker6:19
BovidaeRaphicerussharpeiSharpe's grysbok6:19
BovidaeOreotragusoreotragusKlipspringer6:19
HippopotamidaeHippopotamusamphibiushippopotamus6:19
GiraffidaeGiraffacamelopardalisGiraffe4:66
SuidaePotamochoerus porcusforest bush pig6:19
SuidaePhacochoerusaethiopicuswoodland warthog6:19
Carnivora
Canidae
Lycaonpictus Wild dog6:18
CanidaeCanisadustusSide-striped jackal6:18
CanidaeCanismesomelesEast African Black-backed Jackal4:66
MustelidaeAonyxcapensisCape clawless otter6:18
MustelidaeLutramaculicollisSpotted-neck otter6:18
MustelidaeMellivoracapensisRatel6:18
FelidaeFelis sylvestricsAfrican wild cat6:19
FelidaeFelis servalserval cat6:19
FelidaePantheraleolion6:19
FelidaePantherapardusleopard6:19
HyaenidaeCrocutacrocutaSpotted hyena6:18
ViverridaeViverracivettaAfrican civet6:19
ViverridaeGenettagenettaCommon genet6:19
ViverridaeGenettatigrinaLarge-spotted genet6:19
ViverridaeIchineumiaalbicaudaWhite-tailed mongoose6:19
ViverridaeBdeogolecrassicaudaBushy-tailed mongoose6:19
ViverridaeMungosmungoBanded mongoose6:19
ViverridaeHelogaleindulataDwarf Mangoose3:237.
ViverridaeHerpestesichneumonLesser mongoose4:66
Chiroptera

bats6:18
not yet identified
Insectivora
Macroscelididae
RhynchocyoncirneiChequered elephant shrew6:18
MacroscelididaeCrociduramonaxWhite-toothed shrew6:19
Lagomorpha
Leporidae
LepuscapensisAfrican Hare3:237
Pholidota
Manidae
ManistemminckiCape pangolin6:18
Primate
Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecusaethiopsvervet monkey6:18
CercopithecidaeCercopithecusascaniusred-tail monkey6:18
CercopithecidaeCercopithecusmitisblue monkey6:18
CercopithecidaeColobusangolensisAngolan black & white colobus6:18
CercopithecidaeColobusbadiuswestern red colobus6:18
CercopithecidaePapioanubis anubisOlive baboon4:66
CercopithecidaePapiocynocephalusYellow baboon6:18
GalagonidaeGalagocrassicaudatusThick-tailed galago6:18
GalagonidaeGalagosenegalensisLesser galago6:18
PongidaePantroglodytes schweinfurthiieastern chimpanzee6:18
Rodentia
Sciuridae
ProtoxerusstangeriGiant forest squirrel6:18
SciuridaeHeliosciurusrufobrachiumRed-legged sun squirrel6:18
MuridaeMustenellus
6:18
MuridaePraomysjacksoniAfrican soft-furred rat6:18
CricetidaeCricetomyseminiGiant rat6:18
ThryonomyidaeThryonomysswinderianusCane rat6:18
SpalacidaeHeliophobiusspMole rat6:18
HystricidaeAtherurusspBrush-tailed porcupine6:18
HystricidaeHystrixgaleataCrested porcupine6:18
HystricidaeHystrixafricaeaustralisSouthern African Crested Porcupine3:237
Tubulidentata
Orycteropodidae
OrycteropusaferAardvark6:19
Proboscidea
Elephantidae
LoxodontaafricanaAfrican elephant6:19
Hyracoidea
Procaviidae
HeterohyraxbruceiYellow-spotted dassie (hyrax)6:19
ProcaviidaeDendrohyraxarboreusTree dassie (hyrax)6:19
ProcaviidaeDendrohyraxvalidusTree-Hyrax4:66
ProcaviidaeHeterohyraxsyriacusRock-Rabbit4:66
Perissodactyla
Equidae
EquusbruchelliGrant's zebra6:19

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Reptiles/Amphibians

Order
Family
Genus Species Common Name Source (:page#)
Notes
SquamataViperaspViper2:141

DendraspisspMamba2:141

NajanigricollisCobra2:141

Dispholidusspboomslang2:141

Pythonsebaepython2:141

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Birds

Order
Family
Genus Species Common Name Source (:page#)
Notes
Charadriiformes
Sternidae
Gelochelidon (Sterna)niloticagull-billed tern7:64
Columbiformes
Columbidae
Columbaarquatrixolive pigeons6:52
Cuculiformes
Musophagidae
TauracolivingstoniiLivingstone's Turaco6:17
Falconiformes
Accipitridae
StephanoaetuscoronatusCrowned hawk eagle6:17
Galliformes
Numididae
Gutteraedouradi sethsmithicrested guinea-fowl6:17
Passeriformes
Sturnidae
OrychognathusmorioRed-winged starling6:52
SturnidaeCinnyricinclusleucogasterviolet-backed starling6:52

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Insects

Order
Family
Genus Species Common Name Source (:page#)
Notes
IsopteraMacrotermes?herusTermites1:249
B group

Odontotermespatruustermites7:52

Coptotermesamanii
7:52
K Group

PseudacanthotermesmilitarisTermites1:249

PseudacanthotermesspinigerTermites1:249
HymenopteraOecophyllalonginodaAnts - weavers1:249

CrematogasterclariventrisAnts1:249
K Group

Camponotusmaculataus
vividus
myromotrema
Ants - carpenters1:249 & 5:358

MonomoriumafrumAnts1:249

Blastophaga
wasps1:249
various, in figs
Anthophoridae
unidentified speciesmining bees1:249

Apisunidentified specieshoney bees1:249

TrigonaTwo speciesstingless bees1:249
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae

unidentified sp
1:249
HemipteraPhytolymalatagalls1:249
Lepidoptera
unidentified speciescatepillars1:249
Orthoptera
Acridoidae
Brachytrypesmembranaceussand cricket5:358

Works Cited

Sources for this site correspond the following numbers:
  1. Goodall, J. (1986). The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  2. Izawa, K. & Itani, J. (1966). Chimpanzees in Kasakati Basin, Tanganyika. (I) Ecological stuy in the rainy season 1963-1964. Kyoto Univ. African Studies, 1:73-156.
  3. Kano, T. (1971). The chimpanzee of Filabanga, Western Tanzania. Primates, 12:229-46.
  4. Kano, T. (1972). Distribution and adaptation of the chimpanzee on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. Kyoto Univ. African Studies, 7: 37-129
  5. Nishida, T. (1972). The ant-gathering behavior by the use of tools among wild chimpanzees of the Mahali Mountains. J. Hum. Evol., 2:357-370.
  6. Nishida, T. ed. (1990). The Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains: Sexual and Life History Strategies. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
  7. Uerhara, S. (1982). Seasonal changes in the techniques employed by wild chimpanzees in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania, to feed on termites (Pseudacanthotermes spiniger). Folia Primatolog., 37:44-76.
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