Occurrence records of mammal species in Taita-Taveta, Kwale and Kilifi counties in Kenya

Many sighting observations of Kenyan mammal species as well as preserved museums specimens have not been digitized and published online. This dataset comprises of field observations of mammals and museums specimens collected from several studies conducted in three counties in Kenyan coast (Kwale, Kilifi and Taita-Taveta) in several years (2009, 2012, 2016, 2018). Medium and large sized mammals were recorded using direct or indirect methods using transect searches. Bats, were surveyed with mist-nets were set across bat flyways and others directly captured with hand nets as they flew out of active roosts. Rodents and shrews were sampled with Sherman traps and metal snap traps. A total of 77 mammal species were record in the three study counties represented by 11 mammal orders; Carnivora (Carnivores) 7 spp.); Cetartiodactyla (Even-toed and whales and dolphins (10 spp.); Chiroptera (Bats) 35 spp.); Erinaceomorpha (Hedgehogs) 1 spp.); Hyracoidea (Hyraxes) 1 spp.); Lagomorpha (Hares) 1 spp.); Macroscelidea (Elephant shrews) 3 spp.); Primates (Wild primates and man) 7 spp.); Proboscidae (African elephants) 1 spp.); Rodentia (Rodents) 10 spp.) and Soricomorpha (White-toothed shrews (1 spp.). Further detailed mammal ecological research is needed in the Kenyan coastal forests. This is because all these forests are highly disturbed by increasing human activities around them such as extraction of building materials and firewood, as well as encroachment for human settlements and crop cultivation.

众多肯尼亚哺乳动物物种的目击观察记录以及博物馆保存的标本尚未进行数字化并公开发表。本数据集包含从肯尼亚海岸三个郡（夸莱、基利菲和塔伊塔-塔维塔）在数年间（2009年、2012年、2016年、2018年）进行的多个研究中收集的哺乳动物野外观察和博物馆标本。中等和大型哺乳动物通过直接或间接方法，利用横断面搜索进行记录。蝙蝠通过在蝙蝠迁徙路线设置迷网进行考察，其他蝙蝠则在飞离活跃的巢穴时直接用手网捕捉。啮齿类和鼩鼱则通过谢尔曼陷阱和金属夹式陷阱进行采样。在三个研究郡共记录了77种哺乳动物，这些哺乳动物隶属于11个哺乳目：食肉目（食肉动物）7种；（偶蹄目）包括偶蹄类动物、鲸类和海豚10种；翼手目（蝙蝠）35种；刺猬目（刺猬）1种；长鼻目（岩狸）1种；兔形目（兔）1种；巨鼻目（非洲食蚁兽）3种；灵长目（野生灵长类和人类）7种；长鼻科（非洲象）1种；啮齿目（啮齿类）10种；翼手目（白牙鼩鼱）1种。在肯尼亚沿海森林中，进一步深入进行哺乳动物生态学研究是必要的。这是因为这些森林均受到周围日益增长的人类活动的高度干扰，如建筑材料和木材的采伐，以及人类居住地和农作物耕作的侵占。