MAMMALS AT BORANA
Borana shares a joint conservation management policy with its neighbours that is dedicated to protecting a quarter of a million acres of Africa’s awe-inspiring natural environment.
During a good afternoon on Borana, we might see 23 different kinds of animals and an extensive list of the animals that live here is below. Around 300 elephants roam freely across our land. We have a dozen matriarch cows with radio collars in the Laikipia area so that we can monitor their movements. One matriarch took her extended family of sixty for 92 miles in one week. This research is of great importance to us in our search for a way in which they and we can continue to live together in the future.
As cattle farmers, we are constantly seeking a way to live in harmony with Africa’s predators and monitor our lions closely to protect our cattle, camels, sheep and horses from their depredation.
We still lose about a hundred head of livestock each year to lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas and jackals.
MAMMALS LIST
- Rabbits & Hares - Lagomorpha
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- Rodents - Rodentia
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| Crested Porcupine | Hystrix cristata |
| Ground Squirrel | Xerus erythropus |
- Primates
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| Bush Baby | Galago senegalensis |
| Olive Baboon | Papio anubis |
| Patas Monkey | Erythrocebus patas |
| Vervet Monkey | Cercopithecus aethiops |
- Carnivores - Carnivora
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| Aardwolf | Proteles cristatus |
| African Civet Cat | Civettictis civetta |
| Bat-eared Fox | Octocyon megaloti |
| Cape Clawless Otter | Aonyx capensis |
| Caracal | Felis caracal |
| Cheetah | Acinoyx jubatus |
| Common Genet | Genetta genetta |
| Slender Mongoose | Herpestes sanguineus |
| Ratel (Honey Badger) | Mellivora capensis |
| Serval Cat | Felis serval |
| Side-striped Jackal | Canis adustus |
| Spotted Hyaena | Crocuta crocuta |
| Striped Hyaena | Hyaena hyaena |
| Leopard | Panthera pardus |
| Lion | Panthera leo |
| White-tailed Mongoose | Ichenumia albicauda |
| Wild Dog or Hunting Dog | Lycaon pictus |
| Zorilla | Ictonyx striatus |
- Aardvarks - Tubulidentata
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| Aardvark | Orycteropus jonstoni |
- Hyraxes - Hyracoidea
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| Rock Hyrax | Procavia capensis |
| Tree Hyrax | Dendrohyrax arboreus |
- Elephants - Proboscidea
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| Elephant | Loxodonta Africana |
- Odd-toed Ungulates - Perissodactyla
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| Common Zebra | Hippotigris quagga |
| Grevy’s Zebra | Hippotigris grevyi |
- Even-toed Ungulates - Artiodactyla
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| Bohor Reedbuck | Redunca redunca |
| Buffalo | Syncerus caffer |
| Bush Duiker | Syvicapra grimmia |
| Bush Pig | Potamochoerus larvatus |
| Bushbuck | Tragelaphus scriptus |
| Dik-dik | Madoqua guentheri |
| Eland | Taurotragus oryx |
| Gerenuk | Litocranius walleri |
| Grant’s Gazelle | Gazella granti |
| Greater Kudu | Traegelaphus strepsiceros |
| Hartebeest | Alcephalus b.jacksoni |
| Impala | Aepyceros melampus |
| Klipspringer | Oreotragus oreotragus |
| Mountain Reedbuck | Fulvorufula chanleri |
| Oryx Beisa | Oryx beisa beisa |
| Reticulated Giraffe | Giraffa camelopardalis |
| Steinbok | Raphicerus campestris |
| Warthog | Phacochoreus africanus |
| Waterbuck | Cobus e. defassa |
Over our eastern boundary on the Lewa Conservancy are:
| Black Rhinocerus | Diceros bicornis |
| White Rhinocerus | Ceratotherium simun |
| Sitatunga | Tragelaphus spekei |
And 20% of the world's population of Grevy's Zebra!
