The role of Dodola Community Conservation Area for large mammal conservation, Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Table 1 Large mammalian species observed and counted using visual sighting and respective rank during both dry and wet seasons in Dodola Community Conservation Area

Species type	Number of individuals Observed per given km walked			Frequency of sightings per sampling effort (%)
	Dry/3780 km	Wet/3780 km	Over all/7560 km	Dry	Rank	Wet	Rank	Overall	Rank
Colobus guereza	256	202	458	24.9	1st	16.64	2nd	20.43	1st
Phacochoerus africanus	168	218	386	16.3	2nd	17.96	1st	17.22	2nd
Tragelaphus buxtoni	150	166	316	14.6	3rd	13.67	4th	14.09	3rd
Papio anubis	87	174	261	8.46	5 rd	14.33	3rd	11.64	4th
Tragelaphus sriptus menelikis	97	155	252	9.44	4th	12.77	5th	11.24	5th
Chlorocebus aethiops	49	70	119	4.77	7th	5.77	6th	5.31	6th
Sylvicapra grimmia	55	47	102	5.35	6th	3.87	7th	4.55	7th
Oreotragus oreotragus	34	42	76	3.31	8th	3.46	8th	3.39	8th
Redunca redunca	25	23	48	2.43	9th	1.89	9th	2.14	9th
Chlorocebus djamdjamensis	14	15	29	1.36	10th	1.24	10th	1.29	10th
Potamochoerus porcus	12	14	26	1.17	12th	1.15	11th	1.16	11th
Crocuta crocuta	13	9	22	1.26	11th	0.74	14th	0.98	12th
Hystrix cristata	9	12	21	0.88	14th	0.99	12th	0.94	13th
Panthera pardus	10	7	17	0.97	13th	0.58	16th	0.76	14th
Civettectis civeta	8	9	17	0.78	15th	0.74	14th	0.76	15th
Orycteropus afer	7	10	17	0.68	16th	0.82	13th	0.76	16th
Ichneumia albicauda	8	5	13	0.78	15th	0.41	18th	0.58	17th
Canis aureus	5	8	13	0.49	17th	0.66	15th	0.58	18th
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni	5	7	12	0.49	17th	0.58	16th	0.54	19th
Felis serval	4	6	10	0.39	18th	0.49	17th	0.45	20th
Canis mesomelas	4	6	10	0.39	18th	0.49	17th	0.45	21st
Mellivora capensis	4	5	9	0.39	18th	0.41	19th	0.4	22th
Canis simensis	2	4	6	0.19	19th	0.33	20th	0.27	23th
Black panthera	0	2	2	0.19	19th	0.16	21th	0.09	24th
Total	1026	1216	2242	100		100		100

ISSN: 1756-0500