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Title: Brief Survey Of Non-Volant Small Mammals On Pulau Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Malaysia
Authors: Noor Aisyah, A Rahim
Nur Izzah Izzati, Ahmad
Amirah Azizah, Zakaria
Elizabeth, Pesiu
Muhammad Razali, Salam
Mazrul Aswady, Mamat
Mohd Tajuddin, Abdullah
Keywords: Brief Survey
Species Diversity
Non-Volant Small Mammals
Pulau Perhentian Besar
South China Sea
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: Journal of Sustainability Science and Management Special Issue Number 1
Citation: Vol.1(S); 19-25 p.
Abstract: A brief survey of non-volant small mammals was conducted in Pulau Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Malaysia from 13th to 19th of September 2015. Pulau Perhentian Besar is well-known as ecotourism island, located on the northeast coast off Kuala Besut, Terengganu and nowadays is known as the Pulau Perhentian Marine Park after been gazette as Fisheries Protected Areas. Non-volant small mammals were captured using cage traps baited with banana and pit fall traps at Teluk Keke area along a 1 km trail. Direct observations were conducted through Visual Encounter Survey (VES) along existing trails as transects. This study had documented 11 species of non-volant small mammals from four orders. Tupaia glis (42.4% of total individuals) were recorded as the most captured species followed by Rattus rattus (25.4% of total individuals). During VES, Callosciurus notatus, Galeopterus variegatus were among the most frequently observed species during the daytime and nighttime respectively. Since the last report published, Trachypithecus obscurus was only species of big mammal frequently recorded during the survey. This survey also had updated our knowledge of species diversity by an additional of five species, namely, Crocidura malayana, Rattus rattus, Sundamys muelleri, R. tiomanicus and Maxomys whiteheadi. More field studies are needed to account for trap-shy species, as there is still a lot of forest cover left untouched on the island.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5897
ISSN: 1823 8556
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