A review of the small mammal fauna of Djibouti and the results of a recentsurvey

During a recent biodiversity survey in Djibouti, nineteen small mammal spec ies were collected, including six bats and three rodents not previously rec orded from the country. Records of a further three species, based on specim ens from the zoological collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Natur elle, Paris, are published for the first time. A second record of Lophiomys imhausii is included, based on a photograph. The thirty-nine species of In sectivora, Macroscelidea, Chiroptera, Hyracoidea, and Rodentia now known fr om the country are listed. Brief descriptions and measurements, where avail able, of twenty-one species are given together with notes on their distribu tion, ecological parameters, and conservation status. Previous publications on the mammal fauna of Djibouti are reviewed.