Sunday, August 23, 2015

Dick Estes on Suni

From: Richard Estes <richarddestes@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Karura Mammals
Date: 23 August 2015 21:21:26 GMT+3
To: Harvey Croze <hcroze@karurafriends.org>

Dear Harvey, 
It's good of you to include me among your array of experts on Kenya's flora and fauna, although my only experience with the East African coast is some months camping in the Shimba Hills while studying sable antelope in 1968 and 1969  
Your camera-trap photos are clearly suni: short, sturdy ringed horns, transparent rounded ears, and comparatively long tail.  Perhaps what makes some observers think it might be a duiker is the large preorbital glands that look a bit like duiker preorbs. The range and habitat are also well within suni distribution, as far as I know, having rarely seen and never actually studied this neotragine.   
Next time I'm in Kenya, perhaps a visit to Karura Forest Reserve could be arranged.  
Nice being back in touch with you,  Dick 

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