Carnivore Records, Including Updated Records of the Endemic Hose’s Civet Diplogale Hosei, from a Logging Concession in the Upper Baram, Sarawak.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Carnivore Records, Including Updated Records of the Endemic Hose’s Civet Diplogale Hosei, from a Logging Concession in the Upper Baram, Sarawak. |
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Author :
John Mathai, Ngumbang Juat and Amanda Peter |
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Abstract:
There is very little credible, accurate and up-to-date information regarding the carnivores of Sarawak, though many are considered threatened by the lUCN Red List. The first 54 months of a long-term wildlife monitoring programme in a logging concession in the Upper Baram of Sarawak found 17 of the 21 carnivores expected there. Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus, Yellow-throated Marten Mates flavigula, Binturong Arctictis binturong, Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata. Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus herynaphroditus. Banded Civet Hemigalus derbyanus and Short-tailed Mongoose Herpestes braciyurus seemed fairly widespread, and Hose’s Civet Diplogale hosei, endemic to Borneo,was recorded often: the site may thus be valuable for further research into this little-known species. Main threats to carnivores remain unclear, but they are not the primary quarry species of local hunters. Further camera-trapping of carnivores supplemented with techniques to study the semi-arboreal and semi-aquatic species is urgentiy required to clarify their conservation status.
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| DOI: https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2010-J540-07 |
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How to cite:
John Mathai et al. (2010). Carnivore Records, Including Updated Records of the Endemic Hose’s Civet Diplogale Hosei, from a Logging Concession in the Upper Baram, Sarawak. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXVII (88): 159-188 |
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