To put is simply; our idea is that ecotourism might be a way to improve lives of local people in Taita Hills. As people would benefit from these species and forests it would be their best interest to conserve these animals and forests. This would lead to win-win situation where conservation of forests would mitigate climate change, increase water catchment and protect thousands of endangered species.
Archive for ‘Tree hyrax’

Enigmatic nocturnal mammals of Taita Hills and their potential role in sustainable eco-tourism

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 […]

Videos
27.8.2022 Short video introduction to tree hyraxes, with unique footage Video of tree hyraxes filmed at night with night binoculars […]

How to observe nocturnal animals in tropical forest?
Nocturnal animals are still fairly unknown and forest at night is magical It is constant surprise for me how little […]

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 […]

Recent news
3.10.2022 Preprint of the Species identity and behaviour of cave-dwelling tree hyraxes of the Kenya coast is available from Authorea. […]

Vocalization Analyses of Nocturnal Arboreal Mammals of the Taita Hills, Kenya
Article published 14.12.2020 in MDPI journal Diversity Link to the open access article This article is written by Hanna Rosti, […]

Help us protect the Taita mountain dwarf galago
– And of course Taita tree hyrax Taita mountain dwarf galago has drawn enormous international attention after our article was […]

Taita tree hyrax – mysterious relict species
(Dendrohyrax sp.) I will never forget fist time that I heard tree hyrax. I was sitting on a log. It […]