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APPENDIX 3K Poster displayed at the IUCN International Cat Conference Annual Report template with notes 2008 53 &ELIDPOSTERPDF Felid abundance, activity and habitat use in a tropical forest in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo Hearn A.J.1,2, Ross J.1,2, Pamin, D.3 & Macdonald D.W.2 1Global Canopy Programme, John Krebs’ Field Station, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8 QJ, United Kingdom 2Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University, Tubney House, Abingdon, OX13 5 QL 3 Clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa Intsitute of Tropical Biology and Conservation, University Malaysia Sabah, 88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Introduction Results Bornean tropical forest contains five little known felids. One is 1. A sampling effort of 3685 (primary) and 2425 (logged) camera-trap-nights revealed endangered, three threatened, and their presumed primary the presence of four felid species; flat-headed cats were not recorded. Photo-capture Marbled cat Pardofelis marmorata. habitat is rapidly being lost and/or altered in the region. rates varied greatly between species and habitat. Knowledge regarding the ecology of these felids is urgently Primary forest Logged forest needed to facilitate the development of conservation 3 80 s management strategies. Here we present the initial results of s 70 t 2.5 t h h g g i i n our camera trapping efforts in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, which n p 2 p a a r r 50 t is part of a long-term study of Bornean felid ecology. t 0 0 0 1.5 0 40 0 0 1 1 / Bay cat Catopuma badia / s s o o 30 t 1 t o o h h p p 20 . o 0.5 o N N 10 # - 9 0 0 Adult and cub marbled cats #- Methods Clouded leopard n=9 Marbled cat n=1 Bay cat n=2 Leopard cat n=0 Flat headed cat n=0 Clouded leopard n=45 Leopard cat n=177 Marbled cat n=5 Bay cat n=0 Flat headed cat n=0 -9 #9 Species Species #-9 + From November 2006 to September 2007 camera traps were deployed in the Danum Valley Conservation Area (primary Dipterocarp forest) and the adjacent Ulu Segama Forest 2. Activity patterns derived from camera 3. Clouded leopard density in selectively Reserve (selectively logged Dipterocarp forest), Sabah. trap data suggest that clouded leopards logged forest was estimated to be 6.44 Cameras were located so as to maximise felid photo-capture and leopard cats exhibit primarily nocturnal (1.50) and 3.04 (0.71) individuals/100km2 probability. Photo-captures of wild cats were used to investigate activity, whereas marbled cats appear to be (+-SE) using MMDM and full MMDM Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis felid relative abundances, activity patterns and habitat use. A diurnal. methods respectively. capture-recapture sampling design was used to estimate 100 Cllouded lleopard n=88 Method used to Density Marblled catt n=9 clouded leopard abundance in the selectively logged forest. 50 b d Leopard catt n=177 Capture Population 95% Confidence estimate buffer Buffer size Area (+-SE) s a 2 2 Bay catt n=2 probability (+- SE) interval and density (km) (km ) (ind/100km ) o t o 40 h p c f 0.24 12 (2.8) 12-28 1/2 MMDM 3.327 186.45 6.44 (1.50) o e 30 MMDMc 6.654 394.55 3.04 (0.71) g a t n e a: Average capture probability as calculated by program CAPTURE 20 c b: Number of individuals present in the study area estimated by program CAPTURE using model M (jackknife) r h e c:Mean maximum distance moved for individuals captured at 2 or more camera sites (n=4). Clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa P d: Effectively sampled area after adding a buffer to the polygon formed by the outermost camera sites 10 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 :5 :5 :5 :5 :5 :5 :5 :5 -7 0 3 6 9 2 1 4 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2 -0 -0 :0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 :0 :0 :0 :0 :0 :0 :0 0 8 1 4 7 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 Time Primary Dipterocarp forest at Danum Valley Acknowledgements Conclusion This project is primarily funded by the Darwin Initiative, U.K. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Additional funding has kindly been provided by Wild About Cats, the This study provides the first robust density estimate for clouded leopards based on International Trust for Nature Conservation (ITNC) and the Felidae Conservation Fund. Logistical support has kindly been provided Study area, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. by the Royal Society South East Asia Rainforest Research Project camera trap capture-recapture methodology. It also provides some of the first data (SEARRP) and Yayasan Sabah. We thank our local collaborators Datin Proffessor Maryati Mohammed and Dr. Henry Bernard, regarding Bornean wild cat ecology. University Malaysia Sabah APPENDIX 3L Education Boards (see separate electronic board named Educationboards.pdf) Annual Report template with notes 2008 55 ǰF8JME$BUTPG#PSOFP ,VDJOH-JBS#PSOFP The tropical rainforests of Borneo are home to five species of wild cat: Hutan hujan tropika Borneo merupakan habitat utama untuk lima spesis flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps), marbled cat (Pardofelis kucing liar: Kucing Hutan (Prionailurus planiceps), Kucing Dahan marmorata), leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), the endemic bay (Pardofelis marmorata), Kucing Batu (Prionailurus bengalensis), Kucing cat (Catopuma badia) and the enigmatic clouded leopard (Neofelis Merah (Catopuma badia), dan Harimau Dahan (Neofelis diardi). diardi) Kemusnahan dan pembahagian hutan disebabkan oleh aktiviti These species are currently threatened due to habitat degradation and pembalakan yang berleluasa dan pertanian menyebabkan spesis fragmentation. 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    Journal of Mammalogy, 98(5):1453–1462, 2017 DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyx104 Published online September 8, 2017 Populations and activity patterns of clouded leopards and marbled cats in Dampa Tiger Reserve, India PRIYA SINGH* AND DAVID W. MACDONALD Researchers for Wildlife Conservation (RWC), National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India (PS) Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford, Department of Zoology, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon OX13 5QL, United Kingdom (DWM) * Correspondent: [email protected] The rapidly declining tropical forests of Asia support a diversity of felid species, many of which are rare and little known. We used camera traps in Dampa Tiger Reserve (TR), Mizoram, northeastern India, to estimate population density and describe activity patterns of 2 rare felids, the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) and marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata). With a survey effort of 4,962 trap nights, we obtained 84 photo-captures of clouded leopards and 36 of marbled cats. We used spatially explicit capture-recapture methods to estimate population densities of both species. Using the Bayesian approach implemented in SPACECAP, we derived estimates of 5.14 (± 1.80 SD)/100 km2 for clouded leopards and 5.03 (± 2.07 SD)/100 km2 for marbled cats. Using camera- trap images, we compared diel activity patterns and activity overlaps for these 2 rare felids, together with 3 other sympatric carnivores, by estimating a coefficient of overlap between species. Among felids, clouded leopards and golden cats (Catopuma temminckii) displayed the highest overlap in activity, whereas marbled cats and leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) showed the lowest, with marbled cats being primarily diurnal and leopard cats nocturnal.
  • Poaching Record of a Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus Hemaphroditus from Assam, India

    Poaching Record of a Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus Hemaphroditus from Assam, India

    Jelil et al. ORIGINAL ARTICLE Poaching record of a Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hemaphroditus from Assam, India 1* 2 3 Shah Nawaz JELIL , Sudipta NAG and Matt HAYWARD 1. Division of Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation, ENVIRON, 60, LNB Road, Hatigaon, Guwahati- 781006, Assam, India. Presently at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India 2. Primate Research Centre, North East India, House no. 4, Bye lane 3, Ananda Abstract. Nagar, Pandu, Guwahati-781012, Assam, India 3. We report a chance encounter of poaching of a Common Palm Civet School of Environment, Natural Paradoxurus hemaphroditus in Nadangiri Reserve Forest of Assam, Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 Northeast India. We suggest long term monitoring studies in the study area to 2DG, Wales, UK inform conservation of the species. Keywords: Wildlife trade, Nadangiri Reserve Forest, Chakrasila Wildlife Correspondence: Sanctuary, Northeast India Shah Nawaz Jelil [email protected] Associate editor: Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves http://www.smallcarnivoreconservation.org ISSN 1019-5041 The Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hemaphroditus is a nocturnal omnivore that is distributed throughout most of non-Himalayan India except the arid west. It inhabits a wide range of habitats which includes deciduous, evergreen and scrub forests, well- wooded countryside and plantations (Menon, 2014). It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (Duckworth et al. 2015) and is included in Schedule II of the Indian Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Globally its distribution includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam (references).