MAMMALIAN FAUNA OF THE MIOMBO FOREST IN THE UGALLA AREA, WESTERN TANZANIA

Abstract

We collected basic data on the mammalian fauna of the Ugalla area (05°13.0'S, 30°27.5'E), western Tanzania. We identified 50 mammalian species: seven species of Primates; at least one unidentified species of Chiroptera; two identified species of Lagomorpha; four identified species of Rodentia; 17 identified and at least two unidentified species of Carnivora; one species of Tubulidentata; one species of Hyracoidea; and 15 species of Artiodactyla. Nineteen of these species had not previously been reported from Ugalla. Moreover, eight of these mammal species had not previously been confirmed in this area, according to the Red List of the International World Conservation Union. Ugalla has a diverse mammalian fauna, including species that originated in the tropical rainforest and acacia savanna. In addition, our surveys suggest that genets, African civets, leopards, bush hyraxes and southern reedbucks have different ecologies from mammals in other regions.