Terrestrial medium and large-sized mammalian species diversity in Michole Community Protected Forest, southern Ethiopia

Table 2 The diversity of medium and large-sized mammalian species found in the Michole Community Forest

Order	Family	Species	Common name	IUCN category (Conservation status)	Season		Total
Order	Family	Species	Common name	IUCN category (Conservation status)	Dry	Wet	Total
Primates	Cercopithecidae	Papio anubis	Anubis baboon	LR/lc	45	53	98
		Cercopithecus aethiopus	Vervet monkey	LR/lc	31	36	67
		Colobus guereza	Colobus monkey	LR/lc	8	13	21
Artiodactyla	Bovidae	Sylvicapra girmma	Common duiker	LR/lc	26	31	57
	Bovidae	Tragelaphus sylvaticus	Bushbuck	LR/lc	5	11	16
	Suidae	Potamochoerus larvatus	Bushpig	LC	11	17	28
Rodentia	Spaclacidae	Tachyoryctes macrocephalus	Giant root-rat	EN	30	26	56
Rodentia	Hystricidae	Hystrix cristatea	Crested Porcupine	LC	37	44	81
Carnivora	Canidae	Canis aureus	Common jackal	LC	17	22	39
	Hyaenidae	Crocuta crocuta	Spotted hyena	LC	51	33	84
	Viverridae	Civettictis civetta	African civet	LC	7	10	17
	Viverridae	Genetta abyssinica	Common genet	LC	8	4	12
	Herpestidae	Ichneumia albicauda	White-tailed mongoose	LC	16	10	26
	Felidae	Felis lybica	African wildcat	LC	4	6	10
		Felis serval	Serval cat	LC	4	3	7
		Panthera leo	Lion	VU	2	4	6
Lagomorpha	Leporidae	Lepus habessinicus	Abyssinian hare	LC	8	14	22

LR/lc Lower risk/least concern, LC Least concern, VU Vulnerable, EN Endangered

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