Open AccessA note on the smaller mammals of the Mountain Zebra National Park
Author(s) -
J.A.J. Nel,
J. J. L. Pretorius
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v14i1.719
Subject(s) - national park , habitat , ecology , biology , zoology , geography
Collecting in April 1971 yielded 74 specimens of 16 species. Of these, seven species (Elephantulus rupestris, Lepus saxatilis, Pronolagus crassicaudatus, Graphiurus murinus, Aethomys namaquensis, Desmodillus auricularis and Gerbillurus paeba) are new records for the park. Distribution in habitat-types for each species known to occur are described