Small mammals of the Addo Elephant National Park

• Main Author: P. Swanepoel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AOSIS 1975-07-01
• Series: Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science
• Online Access: http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/916
• ISSN: 0075-6458; 2071-0771

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> <p style="margin-left: 1.23cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A survey of the small mammals of the Addo Elephant National Park resulted in a checklist, as well as information on relative numbers, distribution within the Park, reproductive activity, sex ratios, and body measurements. Forty mammals species occur in the Park, while three re-introduced species probably do not occur any longer. Of the 40 species 28 are considered small mammals comprising 13 rodent, eight</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 1.26cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="font-size: x-small;">carnivore, two shrew, two bat, one primate and one lagomorph species, as well as the aardvark: <em>Crociduraflavescens, C. cyanea infumata, Rousettus aegyptiacus, Eptesicus capensis, Cercopithecus pygerythrus, Canis mesomelas, Ictonyx striatus, Poecilogale albinucha, Genetta </em>sp., <em>Herpestes pulverulentus, Suricata suricatta, Proteles cristatus, Felis caracal, Orycteropus afer, Lepus saxatilis, Cryptomys hottentotus, Hystrix africae-australis, Pedetes capensis, Graphiurus murinus, Aethomys namaquensis, Praomys natalensis, Rhabdomys pumilio, Mus minutoides, Rattus rattus, Saccostomys</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 1.24cm; margin-top: 0.04cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-US" align="justify"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">campestris, Desmodillus auricularis, Otomys irroratus and 0. unisulcatus.</span></em></p>