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Biodiversity and Health Care System of Kenya
Kenya Medicine WKU
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Undergraduate 4
11/05/2009
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Term
vervet monkey
 Definition
Ndegere
Term
elephant
 Definition
Ndovu
Term
buffalo
 Definition
nyati
Term
gerenuk
 Definition
swala twiga
Term
hartebeest
 Definition
Kongoni
Term
baboon
 Definition
Nyani
Term
gazelle
 Definition
swara
Term
lion
 Definition
simba
Term
civet
 Definition
Fungo
Term
genet
 Definition
Kanu
Term
mongoose
 Definition
nguchiro
Term
wildebeest
 Definition
Nyumbu
Term
leopard
 Definition
Chui
Term
cheetah
 Definition
duma
Term
waterbuck
 Definition
kuro
Term
elephant shrew
 Definition
sengi
Term
bushbaby
 Definition
komba
Term
giraffe
 Definition
twiga
Term
zebra
 Definition
punda milia
Term
aardvark
 Definition
muhanga
Term
spotted hyaena
 Definition
fisi madoa
Term
jackal
 Definition
bweha
Term
snake
 Definition
nyoka
Term
ostrich
 Definition
mbuni
Term
Taita Hills
 Definition
Region of Eastern Arc Mountains, 34 biodiversity hotspots
Term
Albertine Rift
 Definition
harbors more endemic mammals, birds, and amphibians thant any other region in Africa. (Extraordinary lakes)
Term
Eastern Afromontane Hotspot
 Definition
Tropical, threatened by expansion of agriculture, bananas, beans, tea, bush meat.
Term
800 endemic species, 7% of endemic plants of Africa, yet it only comprises of .05% of the area. African Violte, Impatients (Busy Lillies)
 Definition
in Taita Hills (Kasigau hill)
Term
Endemic birds
 Definition
Taita thrush (Turdus helleri)
Taita apalis (Apalis fuscigularis)
Few km^2 in the forest of Taita Hills
Term
Kasigau hill
 Definition
Best indigenous forest, water source, Taita White-eye, sandalwood, Tourist, Culture
Term
Commifera
 Definition
lowering cholesterol, not for firewood
Term
Acacia
 Definition
Savanahs, elephants, giraffes, gerenuk eat it. House primates, thorned.Firewood/charcoal. Yellow flowers, fever trees in Rukanga
Term
Baobab
 Definition
upside down, protected, fruits made into candy, brewed/distilled. Meeting place for villages
Term
Sisal
 Definition
Yucca, can grow to 50ft. Rope, baskets, Inflourescences for pollination
Term
Aloe
 Definition
Overharvested, skin products
Term
Pigeon Pea
 Definition
Dry areas, cultivated food source
Term
Papaya
 Definition
local food, favorite target for Monkeys and elephants
Term
Mango
 Definition
people do not eat it, Picana
Term
Six Health indicator
 Definition
Infant and under-five Mortality Rates
Life expectancy
Crude birth and death rates
Fertility rates
Nutritional status
Morbidity
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