Sangha Lodge - List of Mammals and other interesting Animals

Mammal List.

Long-tailed Pangolin

A SUMMARY OF THE PRIMATES SEEN AT SANGHA LODGE AND ON TRIPS TAKEN INTO THE NATIONAL PARK AND SUROUNDS FROM SANGHA LODGE

There are several large gaps and it is clear that we can easily expand on the number of mammals by adding activities to ecourage searching for more species... Night walks night drives and trips by boat are the three ways that will increase this. Also more information to help identify some of the more tricky species.To read more about the location visit www.sanghalodge.com or find us on Facebook.

Order Primates
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes	Heard regularly across the river from camp, never seen.
Gorilla Gorilla gorilla	Occasional. Seen on roads near the lodge and heard regularly. Best seen when going on a paid gorilla track to a habituated group.
Black-and-white Colobus Monkey Colobus guereza	Heard and seen regularly from camp and at Bai Hoku
Olive Baboon Papio anubis	Signs found in the savannah zone. Very uncommon. Never seen
Agile Mangabey Cercocebus agilis (Cercocebus galeritus agilis)	Seen across the river from camp and easy with the habituated group at Bai Hoku
Grey-cheeked Mangabey Lophocebus albigena (Cercocebus albigena)	Heard daily around the lodge. Seen when searched for.
De Brazza’s Monkey Cercopithecus neglectus	Heard daily around the lodge. Seen when searched for.
Crowned Guenon Cercopithecus pogonias (Cercopithecus mona pogonias)	Heard daily around the lodge. Seen when searched for.
Putty-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus nictitans	Heard daily around the lodge. Seen when searched for.
Moustached Monkey Cercopithecus cephus	Heard daily around the lodge. Seen when searched for.
Bosman’s Potto Perodicticus potto	Seen regularly on night walks around camp.
Thomase's Galago Galagoides thomasi	Heard easily but fairly difficult to see even with a spotlight.
Order Chiroptera
Hammer Bat Hypsignathus monstrosus	Heard nightly. Seen occasionally if trees fruiting around camp
Golden Fruit Bat Casynicterus argennis	Seen and photographed at a day roost across the river
Flying Calf Nanonycteris veldkampi	2 occasions when spotlighting from the river at night.
Black Hawk Bat Saccolaimus peli	Seen easily at dusk around camp and Bayanga village.
Slit faced bat Spp. Nycteris Spp.	Regular nocturnal visitors, often entering rooms at night to feed on trapped insects against the mosquito netting.
Horse shoe bats Spp. Rhinolophus spp.	One spp at least found dead in a room in camp and species seen in a cave in the hills zone
Leaf nosed Bats Spp. Hipposideros spp	at least 2 species of small Hipposideros in caves at Bai Hoku and the hill zone
Commersons leaf Nosed bat Hipposideros commersoni	Seen and photographed once in my room at night. Large size make this easy to separate from other H. spp. I am familiar with this bat.
Rodent – Order Rodentia
African Dwarf Squirrel Myosciurus pumilio	Seen a few times in the hill zone
Red Cheeked Rope Squirrel Funisciurus leucogenys	One of many species in the reserve
Fire-footed Rope Squirrel Funisciurus pyrrhopus	One of many species in the reserve
Boehm's Squirrel Parxerus boehmi	Very common around camp
Green Squirrel Paraxerus poensis	Very common around camp
Giant forest Squirrel Protoxerus stangeri	Along the Babongo river and accros the sangha river, not too hard to find
Beecroft's Anomalure Anomalurus beecrofti	seen Ocasionally at night on walks
Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus	Seen when hunting with the Baáka, and seen once in a cave in the hill zone.
Marsh Cane Rat sp. Thryonomys sp.	Seen crossing the roads at night
Link Rat Deomys ferugeneus	Seen By Louis Sarno at his house in Yandoumbe
African Wood Mouse spp.Hylomyscus spp.	Commonly caught in camp. A pest in our rooms from time to time.
Common Mouse spp. Mus spp.[minutoides?]	Only one seen in heavy rain in the forest at Bai Hoku… tiny presumed to be Mus minutoides, but the color was black rather than the Fawn coloured ones I am used to in SA.
Target Rat Stochomys longicaudatus	Commonly caught in camp. A pest in our rooms from time to time.
Zebra mouse spp. Lemiscomys spp.	Seen often crossing roads during the day time in the farm bush. Seen once in camp when we first started renovating.
Giant Rat Cricetomys emini	Seen crossing the roads at night
Carvorous – Order Carnivora
Congo Clawless Otter Aonyx congica	Seen occasionally from the boat during transfers.
Spotted-necked Otter Lutra maculicollis	Seen once from camp, a family of four animals at least.
Flat Headed Cusimanse Crossarchus platycephalus	Seen by Gus Keys on the Babongo River trail
Servaline Genet Genetta servalina	Seen at night crossing roads
African Civet Civettictis civetta (Viverra civetta)	Seen in the farmbush zone at night
African Palm Civet Nandinia binotata	Up to four animals feeding at any time when the fig trees are fruiting in camp.
Golden Cat Felis aurata	Signs found in the savanah zone. Never seen.
Leopard Panthera pardus	Signs found in several places. Seen on only a few ocasions by Andrea Turkalo
Order Pholidota
Long-tailed Pangolin Uromanis tetradactyla (Manis tetradactyla)	Seen only twice around camp at night.
Tree Pangolin Phataginus tricuspis (Manis tricuspis)	Seen 5 times around camp and once on road from Dzanga Bai at night
Order Hyracoidea
Western Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis	Heard every night. Never seen.
*Order Proboscidea*
Forest Elephant Loxodonta cyclotis	Regular signs around camp, often a hazard when walking. Best place to see these in good numbers is Dzanga Bai.
Order Artiodactyla
Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius	Only 2 seen near the old logging company where there is sufficient grass for them to survive.
Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus	Signs are common around camp but seen only from time to time at Dzanga Bai.
Western Giant Hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni	Signs are common around camp but seen only from time to time at Dzanga Bai, but appears to be more regular there than Red River Hog.
Water Chevrotain Hyemoschus aquaticus	Seen only at Bai Hoku, but must be more common and expect this to change once we get our new activities like night driving set up.
Forest Buffalo Syncerus [caffer]nanus	Seen regularly at Dzanga Bai and on the bai walks at Bai Hoku
Bongo Tragelaphus euryceros (Boocercus euryceros)	Signs found often but only ever seen at Dzanga Bai where up to 50 animals at a time are seen.
Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekei	Small numbers are generally present at Dzanga Bai and on the bai walks at Bai Hoku
Blue Duiker Cephalophus monticola	Common in all forests where there is no hunting pressure. The commonest animal caught by the Baáka during net hunts.
Peters Duiker Cephalophus callipygus	Less common but also caught by the baáka during hunts
Bay Duiker Cephalophus dorsalis	Less common but also caught by the baáka during hunts