Table 5 Individual observations counted and seasonal variation of medium and large-sized mammalian species among the three habitats
Common name | Species abundance in three habitat types | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Riverine Forest | Woodland | Grassland | ||||
Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | |
Anubis baboon | 23 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 6 |
Vervet monkey | 19 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Colobus monkey | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Common duiker | 9 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 12 |
Bushbuck | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
Bushpig | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Giant root-rat | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 14 |
Crested porcupine | 17 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
Common jackal | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Spotted hyena | 26 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
African civet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
Common genet | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
White-tailed mongoose | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
African wildcat | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Serval cat | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Lion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Abyssinian hare | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 138 | 130 | 107 | 106 | 65 | 101 |