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Kenya is home to nearly 400 species of mammals.
肯尼亚是近400种哺乳动物的家园。
22 of those are endemic to regions of Kenya, according to national figures.
根据全国数据，其中22种是肯尼亚地区特有的。
And authorities say it's getting more difficult to protect them as climate change and human activities take a toll on their natural habitats.
有关部门表示，由于气候变化和人类活动破坏了它们的自然栖息地，保护它们变得越来越困难。
So authorities are getting the public to help.
因此，当局正在让公众提供帮助。
The National Museum of Kenya, the Mammal Committee of Nature Kenya and partners have designed a mobile application that enables users to report sightings of rare mammals.
肯尼亚国家博物馆、肯尼亚自然哺乳动物委员会及其合作伙伴设计了一款手机应用程序，让用户能够报告看到的稀有哺乳动物的情况。
The app called the Mammal Atlas Kenya, or Makenya, also provides a way to upload photographs and details such as the number of mammals sighted and the exact location.
这款名为“肯尼亚哺乳动物图集”或“Makenya”的应用程序还允许用户上传照片和细节，如看到的哺乳动物数量和确切位置。
You can also add the behavior -- when you see these animals, what are they doing.
你还可以添加行为--比如当你看到这些动物时，它们正在进行的行为。
Are they resting?
它们在休息吗？
Are they running away?
它们在逃跑吗？
Are they feeding?
它们在进食吗？
You know, what are they doing as you, the moment you see them.
你看到它们时，它们正在做的事情，你都可以添加上去。
Officials say it's important to engage the public using technology to help the country's limited number of mammals specialists.
官员们称，重要的是让公众参与，利用技术来帮助该国有限的哺乳动物专家。
Wildlife authorities say staff will keep records of the animals' changing environment and survival conditions.
野生动物相关部门表示，工作人员会记录这些动物的环境变化和生存状况。
The idea is that we need to bring in many people who can actually give, contribute a lot of data.
我们的想法是，我们需要引入许多能够提供大量数据的人。
These are people like safari guides; these are people like students; these are people like tourists; people who can all go out there and come across animals and they would be willing actually to submit data.
比如野生动物园的导游、学生、游客，以及可以出去遇到动物并愿意提交数据的人。
Samson Onyuok uses the Makenya app.
萨姆森·昂尤克是“Makenya”应用程序的用户。
Users like him have reported over 2,500 mammal sightings since the app launched in August.
自8月份该应用程序推出以来，像他这样的用户已经报告了2500多次，称自己看到了哺乳动物。
First I think I take pride in contributing to conservation initiatives in the country.
首先，我对于能为国家的保护倡议做出贡献而感到自豪。
Uh I think as a Kenyan I feel that is my little way of contributing to the conservation initiatives.
我认为，作为一个肯尼亚人，这是我为保护倡议做出的一点点贡献。
So yes there is a fulfillment that comes with that.
因此，是的，我会有一种满足感。
Experts say Africa contributes minimally to climate change but is bearing the brunt of its consequences.
专家表示，非洲对气候变化的影响微乎其微，但却首当其冲地承受着后果。
African Wildlife Foundation vice president Dr Philip Muruthi told VOA reproduction of the rare mammals and survival rate of young ones is dropping.
非洲野生动物基金会副主席菲利普·穆鲁蒂博士告诉VOA，稀有哺乳动物的繁殖和幼崽的存活率正在下降。
It's very hard to benefit or to manage that which you don't know.
你很难帮助或管理你不知道的物种。
And that's why this is so important -- it's gonna tell us which species we have, where they are, and maybe which ones are highly endangered, uh which, what we need to do about them, and especially not just the big things, but also the small things -- the little ones like the bats.
这就是为什么这个应用如此重要--它将告诉我们，我们有哪些物种，它们在哪里，也许还能告诉我们哪些物种高度濒危，我们需要对它们做些什么，尤其重要的一点是，它保护的不仅是大型物种，还有小型的--比如蝙蝠。
Wildlife officials say Kenya is habitat to at least a third of mammal species in Africa and are hopeful app users will boost efforts to protect them.
野生动物官员表示，非洲至少三分之一的哺乳动物物种都栖息在肯尼亚，他们希望应用程序用户能帮助他们保护这些物种。
