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Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Note A camera trap record of Asiatic Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in State Land Forest, Merapoh, Pahang, Malaysia Muhamad Hamirul Shah Ab Razak, Kamarul Hambali, Aainaa Amir, Norashikin Fauzi, Nor Hizami Hassin, Muhamad Azahar Abas, Muhammad Firdaus Abdul Karim, Ai Yin Sow, Lukman Ismail, Nor Azmin Huda Mahamad Shubli, Nurul Izzat Adanan, Ainur Izzat Bakar, Nabihah Mohamad, Nur Izyan Fathiah Saimeh, Muhammad Syafq Mohmad Nor, Muhammad Izzat Hakimi Mat Naf & Syafq Sulaiman 26 May 2021 | Vol. 13 | No. 6 | Pages: 18651–18654 DOI: 10.11609/jot.6492.13.6.18651-18654 For Focus, Scope, Aims, and Policies, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/aims_scope For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/policies_various For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. 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Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2021 | 13(6): 18651–18654 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) OPEN ACCESS htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6492.13.6.18651-18654 #6492 | Received 29 July 2020 | Final received 31 December 2020 | Finally accepted 13 May 2021 NOTE SMALL WILD CATS SPECIAL SERIES A camera trap record of Asiatc Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii (Vigors & Horsfeld, 1827) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in State Land Forest, Merapoh, Pahang, Malaysia Muhamad Hamirul Shah Ab Razak 1 , Kamarul Hambali 2 , Aainaa Amir 3 , Norashikin Fauzi 4 , Nor Hizami Hassin 5 , Muhamad Azahar Abas 6 , Muhammad Firdaus Abdul Karim 7 , Ai Yin Sow 8 , Lukman Ismail 9 , Nor Azmin Huda Mahamad Shubli 10 , Nurul Izzat Adanan 11 , Ainur Izzat Bakar 12 , Nabihah Mohamad 13 , Nur Izyan Fathiah Saimeh 14 , Muhammad Syafq Mohmad Nor 15 , Muhammad Izzat Hakimi Mat Naf 16 & Syafq Sulaiman 17 1–7, 10–16 Faculty of Earth Science, Universit Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, 17600, Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia. 8, 9 Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universit Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, 17600 Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia. 1, 17 Malayan Rainforest Staton, Lot 4015, Kampung Gua Layang, 27200, Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia. 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected] (corresponding author), 3 [email protected], 4 [email protected], 5 [email protected], 6 [email protected], 7 [email protected], 8 [email protected], 9 [email protected], 10 [email protected], 11 [email protected], 12 [email protected], 13 [email protected], 14 [email protected], 15 [email protected], 16 [email protected], 17 [email protected] The Asiatc Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii is listed Sharma (2006) and Endau Rompin Natonal Park (Gumal as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened et al. 2014). Species (McCarthy et al. 2015). It is widely distributed Litle is known about its distributon outside from the eastern Himalaya (Ghimirey & Pal 2009; Bashir protected areas in Peninsular Malaysia, making it et al. 2011; Dhendup 2016; Chaterjee et al. 2018; difcult to develop a specifc conservaton plan in the Koju et al. 2020;) across southeastern Asia (Grassman country (Azlan & Sharma 2006). We report a record of et al. 2005; Coudrat et al. 2014; Than Zaw et al. 2014; an Asiatc Golden Cat outside a protected area in central McCann et al. 2020) to Sumatra (Pusparini et al. 2014). Peninsular Malaysia. This record was obtained during In Malaysia, it enjoys the highest legal protecton under a survey to assess the wildlife diversity in a State Land the Wildlife Conservaton Act 2010 as a totally protected Forest in Pahang State. species (Gumal et al. 2014). In Peninsular Malaysia, Our study area was located in a State Land Forest it inhabits Taman Negara Natonal Park (Kawanishi west of Natonal Park in Pahang State, Malaysia (Figure & Sunquist 2004), Jerangau Forest Reserve (Azlan & 1). State Land Forests and all forest products growing Editor: Angie Appel, Wild Cat Network, Bad Marienberg, Germany. Date of publicaton: 26 May 2021 (online & print) Citaton: Razak, M.H.S.A., K. Hambali, A. Amir, N. Fauzi, N.H. Hassin, M.A. Abas, M.F.A. Karim, A.Y. Sow, L. Ismail, N.A.H.M. Shubli, N.I. Adanan, A.I. Bakar, N. Mo- hamad, N.I.F. Saimeh, M.S.M. Nor, M.I.H.M. Naf & S. Sulaiman (2021). A camera trap record of Asiatc Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii (Vigors & Horsfeld, 1827) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in State Land Forest, Merapoh, Pahang, Malaysia. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(6): 18651–18654. htps://doi.org/10.11609/ jot.6492.13.6.18651-18654 Copyright: © Razak et al. 2021. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Funding: Universit Malaysia Kelantan. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: We thank the Department of Wildlife and Natonal Park and Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia for providing research permits. We are grateful to the Malayan Rainforest Staton for invitng us to conduct this study and for providing feld knowledge and assistance. Special thanks to the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Universit Malaysia Kelantan for providing the research equipment and logistc tools to make this study successful. Last but not the least, we would like to extend our grattude to Fuze-Ecoteer Outdoor Adventure for logistc support. 18651 J TT Record of Asiatc Golden Cat in State Land Forest, Malaysia Razak et al. Figure 1. Study area in State Land Forest west of Taman Negara Natonal Park in Pahang State with the locaton where the Asiatc Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii was detected. therein are the property of the State Authority (Natonal 24 hours per day with no delay between consecutve Forestry Act 1984). The 23.24km2 large study area is photographs. We replaced bateries and memory cards composed of a mosaic of secondary and selectvely every four weeks. All camera traps were lef in the same logged lowland dipterocarp forest and agricultural areas locaton for the entre study period. The coordinates of with oil palm and rubber plantatons at an elevaton each camera trap were determined by using a Garmin range of 20–538 m. It partally overlaps the Malaysian GPSMap 64s device set to Kertau 1948 datum. Government’s Central Forest Spine – Primary Linkage Our camera trap survey lasted from 25 August to 25 1 (CFS-PL1) (Regional Planning Division 2009), an October 2019 with a total survey efort of 542 camera important wildlife corridor for Tiger Panthera tgris, trap days. On 21 September 2019 at 17:12 h, a camera Asian Elephant Elephas maximus, Malayan Tapir Tapirus trap recorded a solitary Asiatc Golden Cat at 4.5793°N, indicus and other threatened species. 101.9870°E (Image 1). The camera trap was deployed We deployed 12 unpaired Browning Model BTC-8A along a logging road at the elevaton of 167m. Other and Reconyx Hyperfre HC500 camera traps. They were species recorded at the same locaton include Banded atached to trees 30cm above the ground and placed Linsang Prionodon linsang, Common Palm Civet opportunistcally along human trails at a distance of Paradoxurus hermaphrodites, Dhole Cuon alpinus, Wild 2km. No bait or lure was used. Camera traps were actve Boar Sus scrofa, Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha, 18652 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2021 | 13(6): 18651–18654 Record of Asiatc Golden Cat in State Land Forest, Malaysia Razak et al. J TT for a variety of medium and large mammal species such as Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis, Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata, Tiger, Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus, Malayan Porcupine Hystrix brachyura, Southern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina, Malayan Tapir, and Asian Elephant (Azlan 2006; Hambali et al. 2019). Therefore, such forests outside the protected area network should be prioritsed for wildlife conservaton, partcularly when they act as wildlife corridors. Contnued monitoring is essental to generate necessary baseline knowledge for devising appropriate management measures. Image 1. Asiatc Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii recorded in References unprotected State Land Forest, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia on 21 September 2019. © Universit Malaysia Kelantan and Malayan Azlan, J.M. (2006). Mammal diversity and conservaton in a secondary Rainforest Staton. forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Biodiversity and Conservaton 15: 1013–1025. htps://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-004-3953-0 Azlan, J.M. & D.S. Sharma (2006). The diversity and actvity paterns of wild felids in a secondary forest in peninsular Malaysia. Oryx 40(1): 36–41. htps://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605306000147 Malayan Tapir and Red Jungle Fowl Gallus gallus. Bashir, T., T. Bhatacharya, K. Poudyal & S. Sathyakumar (2011). Our records in the State Land Forest of Merapoh Notable observatons on the melanistc Asiatc Golden Cat (Pardofelis temminckii) of Sikkim, India.