Impacts of habitats and seasons on mammalian diversity and distribution in the Faragosa-Fura landscape, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Figures & data

Figure 1. Location of the study area and sampled area where transect line distributed among different habitats in the study area.

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Biodiversity attributes	Equation
Shannon-Weaver diversity Index:	$\mathrm{H}{ }^{\mathrm{\prime }}=-\sum _{\mathrm{i}=1}^{\mathrm{s}}\mathrm{p}\mathrm{i}ln\mathrm{p}\mathrm{i}$
Dominance of Simpson index	$D=1-\mathrm{\Sigma }P{i}^2$
Simpson’s diversity index:	$1-\mathrm{D}=1-{\sum }^{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{i}}^2$
Evenness index:	$E=\frac{H^{\prime }}{InofS}$

Table 1. List of mammalian species recorded in the FFL, their scientific names, common names, local names, and IUCN red list categories.

Order	Family	species	Common name	Local name	IUCN category
Artiodactyla	Bovidae	Tragelaphus imberbis	Lesser kudu	Chokosho	LR/cd
		Redunca redunca	Bohor reedbuck	Genessa	LR/cd
		Ourebia ourebi	Oribi	Gara	LR/cd
		Sylvicapra grimmia	Common duiker	Gara	LR/lc
	Suidae	Phacochoerus aethiopicus	Common warthog	Gashuwa	LR/lc
		Potamochoerus larvatus	Bush pig	Guduntha	LR/lc
	Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus amphibius	Hippopotamus	Gamuara	VU
Tubulidentata	Orycteropodidae	Orycteropus afer	Aardvark	Zerusa	LC
Rodentia	Hystricidae	Hystrix cristata	Crested porcupine	Kotarissa	LC
	Sciuridae	Xerus rutilus	Unstriped ground squirrel	Farshole	LC
		Marmota monax	Marmot	Fuge
Primates	Cercopithecidae	Papio anubis	Olive baboon	Gelesho	LR/lc
		Colobus guereza	Mantled guereza	Wonuwa	LR/lc
		Chlorocebus aethiops	Vervet monkey	Qare	LR/lc
Carnivora	Hyeaniadae	Crocuta crocuta	Spotted hyena	Godare	LC
	Mustelidae	Mellivora capensis	Honey badger	Erzuntha	LC
	Viverridae	Civettictis civetta	African civet	Sege	LC
	Felidae	Panthera leo	Lion	Gamo	VU
		Panthera pardus	Leopard	Mahe	VU
	Canidae	Canis mesomelas	Black-backed jackal	Worakana	LC
Lagomorpha	Leporidae	Lepus habessinicus	Rabbit	Harbantho	LC

Abbreviations: LR/cd, Lower risk/conservation dependent; LR/lc, Lower risk/least concern; LC, Least concern; VU, Vulnerable.

Figure 2. The Venn diagram showing assemblage of mammalian species in habitat types.

Note: TI, Tragelaphus imberbis; RR, Redunca redunca; OO, Ourebia ourebi; SG, Sylvicapra grimmia; PA, Phacochoerus aethiopicus; PL, Potamochoerus larvatus; HA, Hippopotamus amphibius; OA, Orycteropus afer; HC, Hystrix cristata, XR, Xerus rutilus; MM, Marmota monax; PAU, Papio anubis; CG, Colobus guereza; CP, Chlorocebus aethiops; CC, Crocuta crocuta; MC, Mellivora capensis; CIC, Civettictis civetta; PLE, Panthera leo; PP, Panthera pardus; CM, Canis mesomelas; LH, Lepus habessinicus; CP, Chlorocebus aethiops.

Figure 3. Mean number of species richness and frequency of records computed by rarefaction curve among the four stratified habitat types (A) and seasons (B).

Figure 4. Mammalian species frequency of records among four habitat types.

Figure 5. Mammalian species frequency of records in wet and dry seasons.

Figure 6. Error bars of mammalian species diversity indices across habitat types.