Mammals in the Collection
Catalogued specimens in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM) collected by the Childs Frick expeditions of 1909-10 and 1911-12. Please see the credits and acknowledgements for a complete list of photo credits.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s standard reference source for taxonomic and common names is: Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
ARTIODACTYLA: Bovidae
Cephalophus sp. (Duiker)
CM 2097, CM 20875, CM 20876, CM 20877, CM 20878
Gazella dorcas (Dorcas Gazelle)
CM 5882, CM 20889
Gazella sp. (Gazelle)
CM 20890
Madoqua guentheri (Günther's Dikdik)
CM 5815, CM 5816, CM 5817, CM 5825
Madoqua sp. (Dikdik)
CM 2024, CM 2027, CM 2029, CM 2030, CM 2031, CM 2049, CM 2050, CM 2051, CM 2062, CM 2064, CM 2065, CM 2102, CM 2104, CM 5769, CM 5772, CM 5780, CM 5826, CM 5827, CM 5835, CM 5836, CM 5837, CM 5841, CM 5842, CM 5848, CM 5849, CM 5883, CM 5884, CM 20880, CM 20881, CM 20882, CM 20883, CM 20884
Tragelaphus buxtoni (Mountain Nyala)
CM 5787, CM 5788, CM 5789, CM 5795, CM 5797, CM 5798, CM 5799, CM 5802
Tragelaphus imberbis (Lesser Kudu)
CM 2105, CM 2106, CM 2107, CM 2109, CM 2110, CM 2111, CM 5779, CM 5859, CM 5892
Tragelaphus scriptus (Bushbuck)
CM 2019, CM 2022, CM 2034, CM 5770, CM 5771, CM 5790, CM 5794
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Greater Kudu)
CM 5831, CM 5833
Tragelaphus sp. (undetermined species)
CM 20895, CM 20896, CM 20898, CM 20899
ARTIODACTYLA: Giraffidae
ARTIODACTYLA: Hippopotamidae
ARTIODACTYLA: Suidae
CARNIVORA: Canidae
CARNIVORA: Felidae
CARNIVORA: Herpestidae
CARNIVORA: Hyaenidae
CARNIVORA: Mustelidae
CARNIVORA: Viverridae
Genetta genetta (Common Genet)
CM 5774, CM 5775
CHIROPTERA: Hipposideridae
CHIROPTERA: Megadermatidae
CHIROPTERA: Pteropodidae
ERINACEOMORPHA: Erinaceidae
Hyracoidea: Procaviidae
LAGOMORPHA: Leporidae
Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae
PERISSODACTYLA: Equidae
PERISSODACTYLA: Rhinocerotidae
PRIMATES: Cercopithecidae
PRIMATES: Galagidae
Galago senegalensis (Senegal Bushbaby)
CM 4407, CM 4408
Proboscidea: Elephantidae
RODENTIA: Muridae
Acomys cineraceus (Gray Spiny Mouse)
CM 3497
Acomys louisae (Louise’s Spiny Mouse)
CM 3490, CM 3494, CM 3495, CM 3496, CM 3536, CM 3561
Acomys percivali (Percival’s Spiny Mouse)
CM 3439, CM 3467, CM 3470, CM 3471, CM 3472, CM 3473, CM 3474, CM 3475, CM 3476, CM 3478, CM 3479, CM 3481, CM 3485, CM 3487, CM 3493, CM 3528, CM 3529, CM 3545, CM 3546
Acomys sp.(African Spiny Mouse)
CM 3484
Aethomys hindei (Hinde’s Aethomys)
CM 3468, CM 3469, CM 3482
Arvicanthis blicki (Blick’s Arvicanthis)
CM 3418, CM 3419, CM 3420, CM 3421, CM 3422, CM 3423, CM 3424, CM 3425, CM 3426, CM 3427, CM 3430, CM 3432, CM 3522, CM 3523, CM 3524
Arvicanthis neumanni (Neumann’s Arvicanthis)
CM 3573
Arvicanthis niloticus (African Arvicanthis)
CM 3442, CM 3443, CM 3444, CM 3445, CM 3446, CM 3449, CM 3450, CM 3451, CM 3452, CM 3453, CM 3454, CM 3455, CM 3457, CM 3458, CM 3459, CM 3460, CM 3461, CM 3462, CM 3463, CM 3464, CM 3465, CM 3466, CM 3488, CM 3514, CM 3515, CM 3516, CM 3527, CM 3580
Desmomys harringtoni (Harrington’s Desmomys)
CM 3437
Gerbilliscus phillipsi (Phillip’s Gerbil)
CM 3440, CM 3534, CM 3535, CM 3537, CM 3547
Gerbilliscus robustus (Fringe-tailed Gerbil)
CM 3543, CM 3579
Gerbillus pulvinatus (Rhoads’s Gerbil)
CM 3491, CM 3492, CM 3511
Gerbillus pusillus (Least Gerbil)
CM 3559, CM 3578
Lophuromys flavopunctatus (Ethiopian Buff-spotted Brush-furred Rat)
CM 3431, CM 3434, CM 3438
Mastomys erythroleucus (Reddish-white Mastomys)
CM 3417, CM 3436
Mastomys natalensis (Natal Mastomys)
CM 3441, CM 3447, CM 3456, CM 3477, CM 3480, CM 3483, CM 3486, CM 3489, CM 3498, CM 3512, CM 3544
RODENTIA: Sciuridae
Xerus erythropus (Striped Ground Squirrel)
CM 3526, CM 3531, CM 3575
Xerus rutilus (Unstriped Ground Squirrel)
CM 3499, CM 3500, CM 3501, CM 3502, CM 3503, CM 3504, CM 3505, CM 3506, CM 3508, CM 3509, CM 3510, CM 3538, CM 3539, CM 3540, CM 3541, CM 3542, CM 3548, CM 3549, CM 3550, CM 3551, CM 3552, CM 3553, CM 3557, CM 3558, CM 3563, CM 3567, CM 3569
RODENTIA: Spalacidae
Tachyoryctes spalacinus (Embi African Mole Rat)
CM 3574
Tachyoryctes splendens (Northeast African Mole Rat)
CM 3532
SORICOMORPHA: Soricidae
Crocidura fuscomurina (Bicolored Musk Shrew)
CM 4413
Crocidura glassi (Glass’s Shrew)
CM 4384
Crocidura olivieri (African Giant Shrew)
CM 4385
Crocidura sp. (White-toothed Shrew)
CM 4418