[ LES MUSARAIGNES OUTILS DE CONSERVATION DU RIFT ALBERTIN (EST DE LA REPBLIQUE DEMORATIQUE DU CONGO) ]
Volume 12, Issue 1, November 2014, Pages 256–265
Benjamin Ndara R.1
1 Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN) de Lwiro, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study has been conducted in Albertin Rift, East Democratic Republic of Congo at Misotshi Kabogo (790m – 1950m of altitude) sites located within Mitumba mountain chaine at the west side of Tanganyika Lac and Kahuzi (2200m –3308m of altitude) a mountain of Kahuzi Biega National Park in the east of Kivu Lac at the. The goal consisted of fournishing the information related to status of these small mammals of the species of Soricidae family. The specimens had been collected with the help of 11 pitfalls that were escaped into soil and spaced at 5m from each other on the same transect and baited by meat or fish. The laboratory helped to identify and to analyse data and some were carried out to museum. Some species of Crocidura, Myosorex, Scutisorex, Suncus and Sylvisorex had been captured. Musisi swamp in Kahuzi region is known to be the richest in abundance. Crocidura olivieri is the only species found in the both sites. Only four species are located in Misotshi-Kabogo and eighteen specifically in Kahuzi. Three new species have been described; Myosorex jejei at Kahuzi localised in the tow habitats. To this is added some vulnerable, endemic, nearly endemic and poorly known or data deficient.
Author Keywords: Soricidae, Rift Albertin, Kabogo, Kahuzi, diversity, abondance, status.
Volume 12, Issue 1, November 2014, Pages 256–265
Benjamin Ndara R.1
1 Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN) de Lwiro, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This study has been conducted in Albertin Rift, East Democratic Republic of Congo at Misotshi Kabogo (790m – 1950m of altitude) sites located within Mitumba mountain chaine at the west side of Tanganyika Lac and Kahuzi (2200m –3308m of altitude) a mountain of Kahuzi Biega National Park in the east of Kivu Lac at the. The goal consisted of fournishing the information related to status of these small mammals of the species of Soricidae family. The specimens had been collected with the help of 11 pitfalls that were escaped into soil and spaced at 5m from each other on the same transect and baited by meat or fish. The laboratory helped to identify and to analyse data and some were carried out to museum. Some species of Crocidura, Myosorex, Scutisorex, Suncus and Sylvisorex had been captured. Musisi swamp in Kahuzi region is known to be the richest in abundance. Crocidura olivieri is the only species found in the both sites. Only four species are located in Misotshi-Kabogo and eighteen specifically in Kahuzi. Three new species have been described; Myosorex jejei at Kahuzi localised in the tow habitats. To this is added some vulnerable, endemic, nearly endemic and poorly known or data deficient.
Author Keywords: Soricidae, Rift Albertin, Kabogo, Kahuzi, diversity, abondance, status.
Abstract: (french)
Cette étude a été menée dans le Rift Albertin à l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo dans les sites de Misotshi-Kabogo (altitude 790m à 1950m) dans la chaine de Mitumba à l'ouest du Lac Tanganyika et celui de Kahuzi (altitude 2200m à 3308m) une montagne du Parc National de Kahuzi Biega (Patrimoine mondial) partie oidentale du Lac Kivu. Le but consistait à fournir les renseignements relatifs aux statuts de petits mammifères de la famille de Soridae. Le collecte des spécimens s'effectuait à l'aide de petits seaux enfouis dans le sol, espacés de 5m par tansect et appâtés par la viande ou le poisson. L'identification et l'analyse des données se faisaient au laboratoire. Quelques espèces de Crocidura, Paracrocidura, Myososrex, Suncus et Sylvisorex ont été capturées.. L'abondance est plus élévée dans le Marais Musisi de la région de Kahuzi. Trois nouvelles espèces ont été décrites. Il s'agit Myosorex jejei à Kahuzi, Crocidura lwiroensis et Myosorex kabogoensis à Misotshi-Kabogo Le Crocidura olivieri est l'unique espèce localisé dans les deux sites à la fois. Nous avons des espèces vulnérables, endémiques, presque endémiques et peu connues.
Author Keywords: Soricidae, Rift Albertin, Kabogo, Kahuzi, diversité, abondance, statuts.
How to Cite this Article
Benjamin Ndara R., “SHREWS TOULS OF CONSERVATION IN ALBERTINE RIFT (EAST OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO),” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 256–265, November 2014.
