Taita Hills - Africa
Kenya
Area
813 km²
Elevation
562 - 2159 m
Hierarchy
Higher Ranges
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Artiodactyla
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Masai giraffe
Giraffa tippelskirchi
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Grant's gazelle
Nanger granti
East African oryx
Oryx beisa
Desert warthog
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
Bohor reedbuck
Redunca redunca
Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
African buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Common eland
Taurotragus oryx
Lesser kudu
Tragelaphus imberbis
Carnivora
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Marsh mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
African wolf
Canis lupaster
Caracal
Caracal caracal
African civet
Civettictis civetta
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Eucyon
Eucyon khoikhoi
Common genet
Genetta genetta
Rusty-spotted genet
Genetta maculata
Common dwarf mongoose
Helogale parvula
Egyptian mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
Striped hyena
Hyaena hyaena
White-tailed mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda
Striped polecat
Ictonyx striatus
Serval
Leptailurus serval
African wild dog
Lycaon pictus
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Banded mongoose
Mungos mungo
African palm civet
Nandinia binotata
Bat-eared fox
Otocyon megalotis
Lion
Panthera leo
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Aardwolf
Proteles cristata
Chiroptera
Heller's serotine
Afronycteris helios
Afronycteris nanus
Afronycteris nanus
Heart-nosed bat
Cardioderma cor
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Chaerephon ansorgei
Gland-tailed free-tailed bat
Chaerephon bemmeleni
Little free-tailed bat
Chaerephon pumilus
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
Minor epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus minor
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Cape serotine
Laephotis capensis
Yellow-winged bat
Lavia frons
Angolan rousette
Lissonycteris angolensis
Striped leaf-nosed bat
Macronycteris vittatus
Moloney's mimic bat
Mimetillus moloneyi
Greater long-fingered bat
Miniopterus inflatus
Mozambique long-fingered bat
Miniopterus mossambicus
Natal long-fingered bat
Miniopterus natalensis
Angolan free-tailed bat
Mops condylurus
Rufous mouse-eared bat
Myotis bocagii
Somali serotine
Neoromicia somalica
Large-eared slit-faced bat
Nycteris macrotis
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Nycteris thebaica
Nycticeinops schlieffenii
Nycticeinops schlieffenii
Large-eared free-tailed bat
Otomops martiensseni
Dusky pipistrelle
Pipistrellus hesperidus
Peters's flat-headed bat
Platymops setiger
Rendall's serotine
Pseudoromicia rendalli
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus clivosus
Rüppell's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus fumigatus
Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus hildebrandtii
Rhinolophus lobatus
Rhinolophus lobatus
Egyptian fruit bat
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Hinde's lesser house bat
Scotoecus hindei
African yellow bat
Scotophilus dinganii
Long-haired fruit bat
Stenonycteris lanosus
Egyptian free-tailed bat
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Mauritian tomb bat
Taphozous mauritianus
Naked-rumped tomb bat
Taphozous nudiventris
African trident bat
Triaenops afer
Erinaceomorpha
Four-toed hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris
Hyracoidea
Benin tree hyrax
Dendrohyrax interfluvialis
Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
Heterohyrax brucei
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Lagomorpha
Cape hare
Lepus capensis
Macroscelidea
Short-snouted elephant shrew
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
Rufous elephant shrew
Elephantulus rufescens
Perissodactyla
Black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
Plains zebra
Equus quagga
Primates
Vervet monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Senegal bushbaby
Galago senegalensis
Yellow baboon
Papio cynocephalus
Proboscidea
African bush elephant
Loxodonta africana
Rodentia
Fiery spiny mouse
Acomys ignitus
Wilson's spiny mouse
Acomys wilsoni
Red rock rat
Aethomys chrysophilus
Hinde's rock rat
Aethomys hindei
Kaiser's rock rat
Aethomys kaiseri
Southern giant pouched rat
Cricetomys ansorgei
Black-tailed gerbil
Gerbilliscus nigricaudus
Gerbilliscus vicinus
Gerbilliscus vicinus
Kellen's dormouse
Graphiurus kelleni
Silvery mole-rat
Heliophobius argenteocinereus
Zanj sun squirrel
Heliosciurus undulatus
Crested porcupine
Hystrix cristata
Natal multimammate mouse
Mastomys natalensis
African pygmy mouse
Mus minutoides
Gray-bellied pygmy mouse
Mus triton
Striped bush squirrel
Paraxerus flavovittis
Ochre bush squirrel
Paraxerus ochraceus
Red bush squirrel
Paraxerus palliatus
East African springhare
Pedetes surdaster
Creek groove-toothed swamp rat
Pelomys fallax
Delectable soft-furred mouse
Praomys delectorum
Black rat
Rattus rattus
Mearns's pouched mouse
Saccostomus mearnsi
Tiny fat mouse
Steatomys parvus
Northeast African mole-rat
Tachyoryctes splendens
Emin's gerbil
Taterillus emini
Acacia rat
Thallomys paedulcus
Lesser cane rat
Thryonomys gregorianus
Greater cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
Unstriped ground squirrel
Xerus rutilus
Soricomorpha
Bicolored musk shrew
Crocidura fuscomurina
Hildegarde's shrew
Crocidura hildegardeae
Jackson's shrew
Crocidura jacksoni
African black shrew
Crocidura nigrofusca
African giant shrew
Crocidura olivieri
Small-footed shrew
Crocidura parvipes
Turbo shrew
Crocidura turba
Voi shrew
Crocidura voi
Xanthippe's shrew
Crocidura xantippe
Taita shrew
Suncus aequatorius
Tubulidentata
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer