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An annotated checklist of the mammals of the Chimanimani National Park, Mozambique

Mamba, Mnqobi L., da Conceição, Ana Gledis, Naskrecki, Piotr, Ngovene, Antonio, Dalton, Desiré Lee, Russo, Isa-Rita M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-3633, Visser, Fleur and Monadjem, Ara 2024. An annotated checklist of the mammals of the Chimanimani National Park, Mozambique. Check List 20 (5) , pp. 1222-1258. 10.15560/20.5.1222

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Abstract

The Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe harbour diverse and unique flora and fauna. Because of these unique floral characteristics, this region has received considerable attention by botanists. In contrast, the vertebrates occurring here have received little attention. The aim of this paper was to synthesise data collected on multiple recent surveys into the first annotated checklist of the mammals of the Mozambican side of the Chimanimani Mountains. We identified medium-sized and large mammals by exterior appearance, mostly as captured on camera traps. We combined morphological and molecular methods to identify small mammals, and we report on echolocation calls of some of the poorly known bat species. In total, we recorded 69 species, including 23 species of bats (Chiroptera), 15 species of rodents (Rodentia), 11 species of carnivores (Carnivora), nine species of ungulates (Cetartiodactyla), and the rest comprising Primates, Eulipotyphla, Lagomorpha, Proboscidea, and Pholidota. Of these, five species are listed as threatened, demonstrating the importance of the Chimanimani Mountains for mammalian biodiversity conservation in South Eastern Africa.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
ISSN: 1809-127X
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 28 November 2024
Date of Acceptance: 23 April 2024
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2024 15:15
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/174365

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