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The Bale Mountains

I visited Ethiopia in 2007 and again in January 2008. See my 2007 and 2008 reports.

Debra Libanos Gorge - 1 afternoon, May 2007. Gelada – or Bleeding Heart - Baboons are easy to find. There were a few Olive Baboons on the way to a cave just down the escarpment. The cave itself held some Greater Bentwings (Miniopterus inflatus) and what I decided must have been a few Bushveld Horseshoes (Rhinolophus simulator).

Lake Ziway and the Abiata-Shala National Park - 1 afternoon, May 2007. Bush Hyraxes, Heterohyrax brucei, aka the Yellow-spotted Hyrax), Hippo, Slender Mongoose, Grant’s Gazelle, Oribi.

Grant's Gazelles

Lake Awassa - 1 night, May 2007. Guerza Colobus Monkeys, Grivet Monkeys, White-toothed Shrew sp.

The Bale Mountains - 2 nights, May 2007. Olive Baboons, Warthogs, Mountain Nyala, Bohor Reedbucks, Menelik's Bushbucks, Serval, Common Jackal, Rock Hyraxes, Starck’s Hares, Klipspringers, Blick’s Grass Mouse (Arvicanthis blicki), Black-clawed Brush-furred Rats (Lophuromys melanonyx), Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rats (Lophuromys flavopunctatus), Ethiopian Wolf, Giant Mole Rat, Common Duikers.

The Sanetti Plateau

Senkele Wildlife Sanctuary - 2 hours, May 2007. Swayne's Hartebeest, Oribi and Warthogs plus a woeful amout of livestock.

Lake Langano - 1 night, May 2007. Rock Hyraxes, Warthogs and Little Wrinkle Lipped Bats (Chaerophon pumila).

Awash National Park - 2 nights, May 2007. Salt’s Dikdiks, Soemmerring’s Gazelles, Beisa Oryx, Lesser Kudus, Abyssinian Hares,Warthogs, Black-backed Jackals, Common Jackals, Common Genet, Olive Baboons, Grivet Monkey, Hamadryas Baboons, Bat-eared Foxes, Rueppell's Fox, African Grass Rat (Arvicanthus niloticus), White-tailed Mongoose, Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat, Egyptian Tomb Bat, Spiny Mouse sp, Gerbil sp.

Walia Ibex, Simien Mountains

Simien Mountains National Park - 2 nights, January 2008. Gelada Baboons and Walia Ibex plus three species of rodents - abundant Arvicanthis abyssinicus, a few Otomys typus and an undescribed Lophuromys species.

See the 2007 trip report.

See the 2008 report (Simien Mountains).

Other People's Trip Reports
Ethiopia 2009: Trevor Hardaker, 2 weeks and 37 species including an Aardvark and Bale Monkey.

Ethiopia 2007: Stefan Lithner, 3 weeks and 54 species including Gerenuk and Grevy's Zebra.

Ethiopia 2007: Steve Anyon-Smith, 5 weeks and 51 species including Caracal, Wild Cat and Striped Hyena. Bloody funny too.