Occurrence records of small and medium sized mammal species in Kaya Kauma Forest, Jaribuni, Kilifi County-Kenya.

The datasets comprise of small and medium sized mammal species recorded in Kaya Kauma Forest and its immediate surroundings (farmlands) in between November 2018, and November 2020. Small mammals (bats, rodents and shrews) were captured with snap traps and mist-nets identified and released back to the wild. Medium sized mammals were recorded in/directly by search for signs and individuals of mammals along selected transects in and around the Kaya Forest. A total of 16 mammal species of five mammal orders were recorded including Macroscelidea (Elephant shrews) 1spp), Primates (4spp), Rodentia (Rodents) 3spp), Chiroptera (Bats) 6 spp), Cetartiodactyla (Even toed-ungulates (1spp) and Soricomorpha (White-toothed shrews (1spp). All mammal species were not threatened. One of the primate species; Pousargues’s Monkey Cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus monkey is near endemic to the north coast of Kenya. Although the size of the Kaya Kauma is still small, over the years with limited protection, it has still retained trees canopy and bushes which can sustain the survival of this primate species.