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Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters

Hornbills (Family Bucerotidae) are distinguished omnivorous creatures, found in Asia and Africa and due to their large size and similarly large bill. In this study, only five out of eight species of Bornean hornbills are available, which are white crested (white crowned) hornbill (Berenicornis com...

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Main Author: Kho, Angel
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009
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spelling my.unimas.ir.340822023-10-09T04:36:54Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34082/ Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters Kho, Angel QL Zoology Hornbills (Family Bucerotidae) are distinguished omnivorous creatures, found in Asia and Africa and due to their large size and similarly large bill. In this study, only five out of eight species of Bornean hornbills are available, which are white crested (white crowned) hornbill (Berenicornis comatus), bushy crested hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus), wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus), rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) and helmeted hombill (Rhinoplax vigil). Nine morphological features namely tail, tarsus, bill and wings are measured from approximately 83 specimens of 5 hombill species of Borneo available in the Sarawak Museum collections. The specimens were analyzed using the morphometric cluster analysis and they were successfully clustered into 5 species. Specimens of the Bushy-Crested hornbills and Wreathed hornbills were analysed in the same method and the results showed that there are variations between specimens of the same species from different localities. Logistic regression analysis was done for the Bushy Crested hombills and it showed that the diagnostic character for gender differentiation in this species is the total length. The result showed that males of Bushy Crested horn bills tend to be bigger in size than females. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34082/1/Angel%20Kho%20ft.pdf Kho, Angel (2009) Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Kho, Angel
Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters
description Hornbills (Family Bucerotidae) are distinguished omnivorous creatures, found in Asia and Africa and due to their large size and similarly large bill. In this study, only five out of eight species of Bornean hornbills are available, which are white crested (white crowned) hornbill (Berenicornis comatus), bushy crested hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus), wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus), rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) and helmeted hombill (Rhinoplax vigil). Nine morphological features namely tail, tarsus, bill and wings are measured from approximately 83 specimens of 5 hombill species of Borneo available in the Sarawak Museum collections. The specimens were analyzed using the morphometric cluster analysis and they were successfully clustered into 5 species. Specimens of the Bushy-Crested hornbills and Wreathed hornbills were analysed in the same method and the results showed that there are variations between specimens of the same species from different localities. Logistic regression analysis was done for the Bushy Crested hombills and it showed that the diagnostic character for gender differentiation in this species is the total length. The result showed that males of Bushy Crested horn bills tend to be bigger in size than females.
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author Kho, Angel
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title Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters
title_short Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters
title_full Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters
title_fullStr Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters
title_full_unstemmed Numerical Taxonomy Of Bornean Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae), Using Morphometric Parameters
title_sort numerical taxonomy of bornean hornbills (family: bucerotidae), using morphometric parameters
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34082/1/Angel%20Kho%20ft.pdf
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