Kenya is home to many rare mammals（珍稀哺乳动物）, but now it's getting more difficult to protect them. To solve the problem, Kenya's wildlife officials（官员） have made a free smartphone app.
The app called Makenya allows any user to give the location of rare mammals after seeing them. Users can also share some other information about these mammals. For example, they can send their pictures and their number, and even report what they are doing.
Dr. Simon Musila, a researcher at the National Museums of Kenya, says it's necessary to get more people to share information about rare mammals. This can help mammal experts in Kenya. The experts have kept records of the rare mammals' changing environment. However, it's not enough to only depend on their hard work. There is a need to get people from all walks of life to join them, including guides, visitors, and students. All of them can use the app to help.
Even if each person provides a bit of useful information, this will go a long way towards the protection of rare mammals. Dr. Philip Muruthi, a wildlife official, said," ▲ " it's going to tell us which mammals we have, where they are, which ones are highly endangered, and what we need to do about them."
Wildlife officials say Kenya is home to at least a third of mammals in Africa and are hopeful that the app users will help protect them.
