Kavirondo Escarpment - Africa
Kenya
Area
272 km²
Elevation
1192 - 2016 m
Hierarchy
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Artiodactyla
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Giant forest hog
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragus
Oribi
Ourebia ourebi
Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Blue duiker
Philantomba monticola
Bushpig
Potamochoerus larvatus
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
Bohor reedbuck
Redunca redunca
Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
African buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Sitatunga
Tragelaphus spekii
Carnivora
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Marsh mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
Jackson's mongoose
Bdeogale jacksoni
African wolf
Canis lupaster
African civet
Civettictis civetta
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Eucyon
Eucyon khoikhoi
Common genet
Genetta genetta
Rusty-spotted genet
Genetta maculata
Servaline genet
Genetta servalina
Common dwarf mongoose
Helogale parvula
Egyptian mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
Striped hyena
Hyaena hyaena
Spotted-necked otter
Hydrictis maculicollis
White-tailed mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda
Striped polecat
Ictonyx striatus
Serval
Leptailurus serval
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Banded mongoose
Mungos mungo
African palm civet
Nandinia binotata
Lion
Panthera leo
Leopard
Panthera pardus
African striped weasel
Poecilogale albinucha
Aardwolf
Proteles cristata
Chiroptera
Heller's serotine
Afronycteris helios
Afronycteris nanus
Afronycteris nanus
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Chaerephon ansorgei
Gland-tailed free-tailed bat
Chaerephon bemmeleni
Spotted free-tailed bat
Chaerephon bivittatus
Lappet-eared free-tailed bat
Chaerephon major
Little free-tailed bat
Chaerephon pumilus
African sheath-tailed bat
Coleura afra
Greater roundleaf bat
Doryrhina camerunensis
Cyclops roundleaf bat
Doryrhina cyclops
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus labiatus
Minor epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus minor
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Silvered bat
Glauconycteris argentata
Variegated butterfly bat
Glauconycteris variegata
Noack's roundleaf bat
Hipposideros ruber
Hammer-headed bat
Hypsignathus monstrosus
Cape serotine
Laephotis capensis
Laephotis kirinyaga
Laephotis kirinyaga
De Winton's long-eared bat
Laephotis wintoni
Yellow-winged bat
Lavia frons
Angolan rousette
Lissonycteris angolensis
Greater long-fingered bat
Miniopterus inflatus
Natal long-fingered bat
Miniopterus natalensis
Angolan free-tailed bat
Mops condylurus
Dwarf free-tailed bat
Mops nanulus
Railer bat
Mops thersites
Rufous mouse-eared bat
Myotis bocagii
Cape hairy bat
Myotis tricolor
Somali serotine
Neoromicia somalica
Zulu serotine
Neoromicia zuluensis
Hairy slit-faced bat
Nycteris hispida
Large-eared slit-faced bat
Nycteris macrotis
Dwarf slit-faced bat
Nycteris nana
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Nycteris thebaica
Broad-headed serotine
Nycticeinops crassulus
Dusky pipistrelle
Pipistrellus hesperidus
Pseudoromicia nyanza
Pseudoromicia nyanza
Rendall's serotine
Pseudoromicia rendalli
White-winged serotine
Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus clivosus
Eloquent horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus eloquens
Rüppell's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus fumigatus
Egyptian fruit bat
Rousettus aegyptiacus
White-bellied lesser house bat
Scotoecus albigula
Dark-winged lesser house bat
Scotoecus hirundo
African yellow bat
Scotophilus dinganii
Nut-colored yellow bat
Scotophilus nux
Eastern greenish yellow bat
Scotophilus viridis
African giant free-tailed bat
Tadarida ventralis
Mauritian tomb bat
Taphozous mauritianus
Naked-rumped tomb bat
Taphozous nudiventris
Rüppell's bat
Vansonia rueppellii
Erinaceomorpha
Four-toed hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris
Hyracoidea
Southern tree hyrax
Dendrohyrax arboreus
Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
Heterohyrax brucei
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Lagomorpha
Cape hare
Lepus capensis
African savanna hare
Lepus victoriae
Macroscelidea
Short-snouted elephant shrew
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
Perissodactyla
Black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
Primates
Red-tailed monkey
Cercopithecus ascanius
Blue monkey
Cercopithecus mitis
De Brazza's monkey
Cercopithecus neglectus
Tantalus monkey
Chlorocebus tantalus
Mantled guereza
Colobus guereza
Senegal bushbaby
Galago senegalensis
Brown greater galago
Otolemur crassicaudatus
Olive baboon
Papio anubis
East African potto
Perodicticus ibeanus
Rodentia
Fiery spiny mouse
Acomys ignitus
Hinde's rock rat
Aethomys hindei
Kaiser's rock rat
Aethomys kaiseri
Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus
Nairobi grass rat
Arvicanthis nairobae
African grass rat
Arvicanthis niloticus
African brush-tailed porcupine
Atherurus africanus
African wading rat
Colomys goslingi
Southern giant pouched rat
Cricetomys ansorgei
Chestnut climbing mouse
Dendromus mystacalis
Gerbilliscus vicinus
Gerbilliscus vicinus
Woodland thicket rat
Grammomys dolichurus
Woodland dormouse
Graphiurus murinus
Red-legged sun squirrel
Heliosciurus rufobrachium
Cape porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Crested porcupine
Hystrix cristata
Typical striped grass mouse
Lemniscomys striatus
Heuglin's striped grass mouse
Lemniscomys zebra
Natal multimammate mouse
Mastomys natalensis
African pygmy mouse
Mus minutoides
House mouse
Mus musculus
Gray-bellied pygmy mouse
Mus triton
Brockman's rock mouse
Myomyscus brockmani
Common rufous-nosed rat
Oenomys hypoxanthus
Angoni vlei rat
Otomys angoniensis
Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat
Pelomys hopkinsi
Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat
Pelomys isseli
Forest giant squirrel
Protoxerus stangeri
Black rat
Rattus rattus
Rhabdomys dilectus
Rhabdomys dilectus
Northeast African mole-rat
Tachyoryctes splendens
Emin's gerbil
Taterillus emini
Lesser cane rat
Thryonomys gregorianus
Greater cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
Zelotomys hildegardeae
Soricomorpha
Bicolored musk shrew
Crocidura fuscomurina
Hildegarde's shrew
Crocidura hildegardeae
Jackson's shrew
Crocidura jacksoni
Butiaba naked-tailed shrew
Crocidura littoralis
Moonshine shrew
Crocidura luna
African black shrew
Crocidura nigrofusca
African giant shrew
Crocidura olivieri
Small-footed shrew
Crocidura parvipes
Turbo shrew
Crocidura turba
Zaphir's shrew
Crocidura zaphiri
Climbing shrew
Suncus megalura
Tubulidentata
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer