Forests
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Article in International Journal of Primatology: Taita dwarf galagos
Distribution, Population Density, and Behavior of DwarfGalagos (Paragalago sp.) in Taita Hills, Kenya Hanna Rosti, Janne Heiskanen, Simon Bearder, Benson Lombo, Henry Pihlström, Petri Pellikka & Jouko Rikkinen A) Taita dwarf galago from Mbololo forest, B) Taita dwarf galago from Ngangao forest, C) Kenya coast dwarf galago (Paragalago cocos) from Diani Beach, D) Kenya coast…
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Tree hyraxes from caves at the coast of Kenya
Article published in Ecology and Evolution on 16.1.2023: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.9693 Tree hyraxes eat leaves of trees, thus they are browsers. They are excellent climbers in trees. In some locations, tree hyraxes live in rocky formations, and caves. Tree hyraxes are related to rock hyraxes, that live in rocky formations. Perhaps coming down to rocky formations is…
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Join research with hyraxes!
Taxonomy and range of tree, bush and rock hyraxes is poorly known from Africa. We hope to collect information of hyraxes based on their calls and location. This information would be very useful in the study of hyrax taxonomy and conservation. At the moment number of hyrax species is unknown. If you would like to…
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Southern tree hyrax – Dendrohyrax arboreus
Souther tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) can be encountered from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda and Congo. Southern tree hyraxes live in forests, they feed on leaves. Southern tree hyraxes are related to elephants. Very little is known about their lives from the canopies, as they are nocturnal and difficult to see. Most commonly tree hyraxes…
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Magical moment – from tree hyrax song to dawn chorus
See and listen how chorus of tree hyraxes change into chorus of birds. This is recorded in Ngangao Forest, Taita Hills, Kenya on 8.1.2022 with SM4 recorder. How many different animal species can you hear from this recording? This is spectrogram video filmed from screen. It shows how spectrogram goes in Raven Pro software. From…
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AABA conference poster presentation: Distribution, population density and behavior of dwarf galagos in Taita Hills (Paragalago sp.)
Hanna Rosti, Janne Heiskanen, Simon Bearder, Petri Pellikka and Jouko Rikkinen Calls from Mbololo Paragalagos: Read next: Conservation of Mbololo and Ngangao Forests For more information contact hanna.z.rosti(at)helsinki.fi
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Sagalla, Taita, Kenya – how willingness to help lead to ecological disaster
I visited Sagalla on 13.1.2021 with Benson Lombo and Peter Mwasi. We were looking for tree hyraxes. We didn’t find any tree hyraxes, but we came across a sad ecological disaster. We visited also Wray’s memorial museum that is still in St Mark’s church in Sagalla. What I write next are from my notes while…
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IUCN CRITERIA – populations matter the most!
IUCN CRITERIA FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES CRITERIA IS AS FOLLOWS IUCN CRITERIA FOR SPECIES (IUCN 2012) EXTINCT (EX): A taxon is Extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. A taxon is presumed Extinct when exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, at appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal, annual), throughout its historic…
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Videos
27.8.2022 Short video introduction to tree hyraxes, with unique footage Video of tree hyraxes filmed at night with night binoculars Tree hyraxes, and other nocturnal animals of Taita Hills Video telling about Hanna Rosti’s research and conservation of noctural animals in Taita Hills, filmed in January 2021 Volunteer opportunities with Kenya wildlife conservation – Mwalua…
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Nature guide in Taita Hills -Benson Lombo
Guiding tours on the indigenous forests of Taita Hills, including Ngangao, Mbololo, Vuria, Chawia, and Iyale. Also historical sites like Kenyatta caves, where first president of Kenya hide from colonialist, and Mwangeka caves where Mwangeka organized his group to fight against slavery in Taita Hills. Birding Beautiful scenaries to Tsavo and to Mt Kilimanjaro Nocturnal…
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Acoustic communication of Taita tree hyrax
Dendrohyrax sp. This article focuses on incredible variable acoustic communication of Taita tree hyrax. If you are interested in other peculiar features of tree hyraxes please read this previous article of Taita tree hyraxes. Taita tree hyrax is believed to be undescribed species for the science based on these calls. For nocturnal cryptic animals, that…