ANNEX 8B: SPECIES PROTECTED UNDER THE WILDLIFE ACT
This schedule gives guidance to resource owners on possible values they may attach to the different species that
may be accessed. Further guidance should be sought from Uganda Wildlife Authority so as to know any changes
in these values or from the Forest Inspection Division with regard to plant species.
Common Name

Scientific Name

Fees (USD)

MAMMALS
African Climbing Mouse

Dendromus spp

0.30

African Common Dormouse

Graphiurus murinus

0.30

African Dwarf Flying Squirrel

Idiurus zenkeri

0.30

African Pouched Rat

Saccustomus mearnsi

0.30

African Soft Furred Rat.

Praomys spp.

0.30

Alexander's Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus alaxandri

0.30

Beecroffs Flying Squirrel

Anomalurus beecrofti

0.30

Black -tailed Gerbil

Tartera nigricauda

0.30

Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius

8.00

Black-legged Mongoose

Bdeogale (Nigripes) jacksoni

0.30

Blue Duiker

Cephalophus monticola

5.00

Blue Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis

8.00

Boehm's Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus boehmi

0.30

Boehm's Gerbil

Tartera boehmi

0.30

Bush squirrel

Paraxerus cepapi

0.30

Cape Hyrax

Procavia capensis

0.30

Caracal

Felis caracal

2.00

Carruthers Mountain Tree Squirrel

Funisciurus carruthersi

0.30

Checkered Elephant Shrew

Rhynchocyon cirnei

0.30

Congo Gerbil

Tarterillus congicus

0.30

Cuvier's Fire-footed Squirrel

Funisciurus pyrrhopus

0.30

De Brazza's Monkey

Cercopithecus neglectus

8.00

Delany's Mouse

Delanymys brooksi

0.30

Dusky-Footed Elephant Shrew

Elephantulus fuscipes

0.30

Dwarf Galago

Galagoides demidoff

2.00

East African Pygmy Dormouse

Graphiurus nanus

0.30

Eastern Needle-Clawed Bushbaby

Galago matschiei

2.00

Emin's Gerbil

Tarterillus emini

0.30

Epauletted Bat

Epomops franqueti

0.30

Epauletted Fruit Bat

Epomophorus labiatus

0.30

Fat Mouse

Stratomys spp.

0.30

Forest Pouched Rat

Cricetomys emini

0.30

Four-striped grass mouse

Rhabdomys pumilio

0.30

Four-toed Hedgehog

Atelerix albiventris

0.30

Fringe-tailed Gerbil

Tartera robusta

0.30

Gambian Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus gambianus

0.30

Geoffreys Ground Squirrel

Xerus erythropus

0.30

Giant Genet

Genetta victoriae

0.30

Giant Pangolin

Manis gigantea

2.00

Golden Cat

Felis aurata

2.00

Grey-cheeked Mangabey

Lophocebus albigena

8.00

Gunther's Dikdik

Madoqua guntheri

8.00

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