A Preliminary Survey of Medium- and Large-Sized Mammals and Their Conservation Status in the Asimba Forest Priority Area, Semiarid Highlands of Northern Ethiopia

Table 1

List of mammal species, habitat types, and methods of detection in the Asimba forest.

Order	Family	Common name	Scientific name	Habitat type	Method of detection
Artiodactyla	Bovidea	Klipspringer	Oreotragus oreotragus	NF, BL	VI
Carnivora	Canidae	Common jackal	Canis aureus	NF, BL	VI
	Felidae	Caracal caracal	Caracal caracal	NF, BL	VI
		Leopard	Panthera pardus	NF	VO, I
		Serval cat	Leptailurus serval	NF, PL	VI
	Herpestidae	Slender mongoose	Galerella sanguinea	BL	VI
	Hyaenidae	Spotted hyena	Crocuta crocuta	NF, PL	VO, FP
	Mustelidae	Striped polecat	Ictonyx striatus	BL, PL	FP
		Honey badger	Mellivora capensis	BL, PL	VI
	Viverridae	African civet	Civettictis civetta	NF	FP
Hyracoidea	Procaviidae	Rock hyrax	Procavia capensis	NF, BL	VI
Lagomorpha	Leporidae	Cape hare	Lepus capensis	PL	VI, F
Primates	Cercopithecidae	Hamadryas baboon	Papio hamadryas	NF, BL	VI, FP
		Vervet monkey	Chlorocebus aethiops	BL, PL	VI, FP
Rodentia	Hysticide	Crested porcupine	Hystrix cristata	BL, PL	Quill, FP

Note. Forms of record: I = interviews; VI = visualization; VO = vocalizations; FP = fecal-pellet count; F = footprint count; NF = natural forest; BL = bushland; PL = plantation forest.