Annotated checklist of the mammals of Kenya. II. Insectivora and Macroscelidea

Abstract

Four families of Insectivora (Tenrecidae, Chrysochloridae, Erinaceidae, Soricidae) and one of Macroscelidea (Macroscelididae) are known from Kenya. Of these families, only the Soricidae, with 31 species, and the Macroscelididae, with five species, are known from more than a single species. Records of occurrence are annotated by museum specimens or with references to the literature. Suncus murinus seems to be the only introduced species in the insectivore fauna of Kenya. Distributional records of insectivores in Kenya are poor as 13 species of the 39 reported are known from only a single locality in Kenya. A gazetteer of collecting localities is included.