Large Mammal Diversity in Nensebo Forest, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Large mammal species composition and their conservation status at Nensebo forest, Southern Ethiopia.

Taxon (scientific name)	Common name	IUCN status	CITES status	Occurrence status	Local status
Order Artiodactyla
Family Bovidae
Tragelaphus buxtoni Lydekker, 1910	Mountain nyala	Endangered	—	Endemic	Rare
Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki Neumann 1902	Menelik’s bushbuck	Least concern		Endemic	Rare
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus, 1758	Common duiker	Least concern	—	Native	Uncommon
Family Suidae			—
Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin, 1788	Common warthog	Least concern		Native	Common
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas, 1904	Giant forest hog	Least concern	—	Native	Uncommon
Potamochoerus larvatus F. Cuvier, 1822	bush pig	Least concern	—	Native	Uncommon
Order Carnivora			—
Family Canidae
Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758	Common jackal	Least concern	—	Native	Uncommon
Family Haenidae
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben, 1777	Spotted hyena	Least concern	—	Native	Common
Family Felidae
Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758	Leopard	Vulnerable	Appendix I	Native	Rare
Panthera leo Linnaeus, 1758	Lion	Vulnerable	Appendix II	Native	Rare
Felis serval Schreber, 1776	Serval cat	Least concern	Appendix II	Native	Rare
Family Viverridae
Civettictis civetta Schreber, 1776	African civet	Least concern	Appendix III	Native	Rare
Order Primates
Family Cercopithecidae
Papio anubis Lesson, 1827	Olive baboon	Least concern	Appendix. II	Native	Uncommon
Colobus guereza Rüppell, 1835	Colobus guereza	Least concern	Appendix II	Native	Common
Order Rodentia
Family Hystricidae
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758	Crested porcupine	Least concern	—	Native	Uncommon
Order Tubulidentata
Family Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer Pallas, 1766	Aardvark	Least concern	—	Native	Uncommon