08/08/2011 | C. Martin
Conservation experts have managed to take photographs of rare and elusive animals using hidden cameras in Kenya's protected wildlife reserves.
Antelopes, aardvarks, elephants, leopards and wild dogs were among animals caught on camera under a biodiversity monitoring initiative launched by the Kenyan Wildlife Service in partnership with the Zoological Society of London, Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Cameras were set up in strategic locations around the Boni and Dodori reserves, which are popular destinations for safari holidays.
However, the monitoring was done in isolated, little explored regions extending from the Tana river to the border with Somalia.
Among the most exciting images were that of Aders' duiker - a small antelope species currently included in the critically endangered list.
The Boni-Dodori forest is the area where biologists came across a strange-looking species of elephant shrew last year.
The creature, 2ft in length with a long snout and red thighs, is believed to be the 18th species of elephant shrew discovered in Africa.
Copyright Press Association 2011