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House Shrew (Suncus Murinus (Linnaeus) Class:Mammalia Order: INSECTIVORA Family:Soricidae Part II Base knowledge on Mammals in Kon Plong Tree Shrew (Tupaia glis) Class:Mammalia Order:Scandentia Family:Tupaiidae 1 Explanation of the main species Shrews are "squirrel-like" animals but differ in both anatomy and behavior. The tree shrew has a longer nose and no long black Following figures and simple explanations on mammals are collected from various whiskers like squirrels. They are highly active, aggressive, and reports, advertised information on Internet home pages. These figures are belonging territorial creatures. While primarily aboreal, tree shrews frequently to the original home pages authors; therefore, this manual should be used only for hunt on the ground for insects and lizards. assisting field officers of Vietnamese Forestry sector. Diet: Insectivore Origin: Eastern India & Southeast Asia House Shrew (Suncus murinus (Linnaeus) Class:Mammalia Order: INSECTIVORA Family:Soricidae Photo from brain museum (http://brainmuseum.org) Malayan Flying Lemur (Colugo)(Cynocephalus variegates) Class: Mammalia Order DERMOPTERA Family: Cynocepphalidae Oriental: Thailand and Indochina including the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and many other small local islands. Head and Body length= 330-420mm with a tail of 175-270mm. The distinctive Photo by Scott Vogt feature of the colugo is the thin gliding membrane, or patagium, that connects the 19 thin arms, legs, the neck, and digits on the hands and feet. in the Malay Peninsula suggest an extended breeding season from about February to Habitat: Completely arboreal. They inhabit multi-layered rainforests in June hilly areas. They are often found in coconut, banana, and rubber Distribution :Southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo plantations. Their habitat must contain many trees with few branches low on the trunk. They never voluntarily descend to the ground. Short nosed fruit Bat or Dog faced fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) Class:Mammalia Order CHIROPTERA Family: Pteropodidae The Dog faced fruit bat has a wingspan of 16 inches (40 cm) and weight is approximately 40 g. The Dog faced fruit bat is a unique species in that it constructs roost tents out of the leaves of palm, bananas Megaerops ecaudatus: A. Ventral view; and other large leaf plants. By chewing the veins, the B. Dorsal view; C. Head showing tube nose. leaves collapse and form well engineered roosting Photos by Lim Boo Liat. cavities, protecting the bats from the elements and predators. Great Himalayan L.N (Hipposideros armiger) Class:Mammalia Order CHIROPTERA Family: Rhinolophidae Distribution: Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Philippines and Indonesia Head of Hipposideros armiger terasensis showing construction of nose leaf in the family Hipposideridae, photo by Robert E. Kuntz. Tailless fruit Bat (Megaerops ecaudatus) Johns Hopkins University Class:Mammalia Order CHIROPTERA Family: Pteropodidae M. ecaudatus has been found both in mountains and on plains, in evergreen and dry evergreen forest, ranging from 500 to 3,000 meters In the Malay Peninsula this species occurs in forest and open country and in lowlands and mountainous areas. Observations 20 Whiskered Bat (Myotis siligorensis), Class:Mammalia Order CHIROPTERA Family: Vespertilionidae The smallest Old World species, weighs 2.3-2.6 grams. A species of Myotis of fairly small size: forearm length 30,6 - 34,3 (mean 32,35; n=13), condylobasal length of skull 11,99 - 12, 42 (mean 12,163; n=7), average body weight 4,07 gr. Margin of plagiopatagium attached to the middle of the metatarsus. Frontal part of skull distinctly elevated from low rostrum (as in M. csorbai and M. siligorensis). Both small upper premolars in Chiroptera Vespertilionidae Tylonycteris tooth row and similar in shape unlike most of other Club-footed bat: (Tylonycteris sp.), photo by H.-G. Heller species of Myotis (Leuconoe); pseudodiastem enlarged, Distribution: India to southern China and the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, P3 sometimes not in contact with posterior large premolar Philippines; Pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) Flat-headed Bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) Class:Mammalia Order PRIMATES Family: Loricidae Class:Mammalia Order CHIROPTERA Family: Vespertilionidae N. pygmaeus is about the size of a large Head and body length is 35-50 mm, tail length is 24-33 mm, and forearm length is chipmunk. It is 6-10 inches (15-25 cm) 22-33 mm. Listed weights of 3.5-5.8 grams for T. pachypus and 7.1-11.2 grams for T. long including its head and body. This robustula. Coloration is reddish brown or dark brown above and paler below. animal weighs approximately 1 kg (2 The bats of this genus may be recognized by the greatly flattened skull and the presence lbs). of cushions or pads on the thumb and foot. The ears are about as long as the head, and The wooly coat of the pygmy slow loris the tragus is short and bluntly rounded at the tip. These bats are remarkably adapted for is short and thick. The coloration ranges gaining access to and roosting in the hollow joints of bamboo stems. The small size and from light brownish gray to deep reddish flattened skull facilitate their entrance through cracks in the stem, and the suction pads brown. The individual hairs can have enable them to hang up in the joint. lighter tips. Often, a dark midline can be found along the neck and back. It is also possible for a light streak between the dark orbital rings to be present. Pygmy slow lorises are found in the thickest vegetation of tropical rainforests. They are also found in bamboo groves. 21 Oriental: Nycticebus pygmaeus is found in the secondary forests of many different macaque is around 6 kilograms, and for the females it is around 4 kilograms. The tail on countries including Vietnam, Laos, China, Thailand, and parts of Cambodia. This this species is quite long. The crab-eating macaque is a frugivore: "An animal that species is closely related to Nycticebus coucang and they share this geographic range. eats fruit." species, but will also eat leaves, insects, grasses, seeds, flowers, buds, http://members.tripod.com/uakari/nycticebus_pygmaeus.html shoots, gum, sap, and bark. This species will also raid crops and eat the food such as rice and taro plants. The average group size for the crab-eating macaque is 30 Old world monkey (Macaca arctoides) individuals. This species is mostly spending much of its time in the forest canopy, but it stumptailed macaque occasionally comes down to the ground. This species is found in a variety of forest Class:Mammalia Order PRIMATES Family: Cercopithecidae habitats throughout its range, it especially prefers edge habitats. This species has cheek pouches to carry food in while it forages. The average body Distribution: found in the countries of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, mass for an adult male stumptailed macaque is around 7 kilograms, and for the females Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. it is around 5 kilograms. This species has a dark brown pelage color, and the face is http://members.tripod.com/uakari/macaca_fascicularis.html hairless and red in color. As from their name the stumptailed macaque has a relatively short tail. Distribution : The stumptailed macaque is found in Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Class:Mammalia Order PRIMATES Family: Cercopithecidae Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. This Macaca mulatta live in a wide range of habitats, species lives in tropical, monsoon, and subtropical and show a great deal of adaptability. Some evergreen broadleaf forests. populations live in flatlands, while others, in north India and Pakistan, live in the Himalayas http://members.tripod.com/uak at elevations up to 3000 m. The average body ari/macaca_arctoides.html mass for an adult male is around 6 kilograms, and for the females it is around 3 kilograms. The face, ears, and buttocks lack hair, and the buttocks are a reddish colour in both sexes. They are able to adapt to the hot, dry Crab eating macaque(Macaca fascicularis) temperatures found in a desert, or to the cold winter temperatures which fall to well Class:Mammalia Order PRIMATES Family: below the freezing point. They are omnivorous, and often eat roots, herbs, fruits, insects, Cercopithecidae crops, and small animals. The diet can also vary with the season. This species has cheek pouches to carry food in while it forages. The average body mass for an adult male crab-eating Distribution: Most commonly found in western Afghanistan, through India to northern 22 Thailand. This species used to be abundant in southern China and Tibet before humans The average body mass for an adult male douc langur is around 10.9 kilograms, and for led to the dwindling of populations in these areas over the last sixty years. the female it is around 8.2 kilograms. This species has a sacculated stomach to assist in http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/macaca/m._mulatta.html the breakdown of cellulose. The molars and premolars have high cusps and the incisors University of Michigan are narrow. The hindlimbs are longer than the forelimbs on the douc langur Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) The douc langur is a folivorous species, but it also consumes fruit. This species prefers Class:Mammalia Order PRIMATES Family: Cercopithecidae to eat immature leaves over more mature ones. The douc langur prefers to eat fruit that This species has cheek pouches to carry is unripe and also fruit from the fig tree food in while it forages. The body mass (Ficus). This species does not drink water for adult male pigtailed macaques range rather it derives water from the food it eats. from 10 to 14 kilograms, and for the This is an arboreal and diurnal species females it ranges from 5 to 11 kilograms. This species has a relatively short tail The social system of the douc langur varies compared to other macaques.
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