Survey on the Small Mammals in Sg. Kangkawat Research Station Imbak Canyon Conservation Areas
Sg. Kangkawat Research Station is a newly established research station in the Imbak Canyon Conservation Area, Sabah which encompasses both primary and secondary forest areas. Limited data is available on the small mammal diversity for this particular area. Therefore, a survey-based study on small...
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| Language: | en |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35669/1/Survey2.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35669/ https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/jtbc/article/view/2655 |
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| Summary: | Sg. Kangkawat Research Station is a newly established research station in the Imbak
Canyon Conservation Area, Sabah which encompasses both primary and secondary
forest areas. Limited data is available on the small mammal diversity for this
particular area. Therefore, a survey-based study on small mammal diversity was
carried out between the 29th September – 8th October 2018 along the established
trails within the vicinity areas of this research station. Small mammal trapping was
done using traps (mist nets, harp traps, cage traps and pitfall traps) employed
randomly along the Nepenthes trail, the Kawang trail, the South Rim trail and the
Pelajau trail. This study documented a total of 32 small mammal species i.e.
represented by 26 species (15 spp. of new records for ICCA ) of volant small mammals
(Chiroptera) and 6 species of non-volant small mammals (Rodentia, Scadentia,
Insectivora, Carnivora). The total number of specimens recorded was 108. A new
distribution record on the Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon cf. johorensis, was
documented for Sabah and Borneo during this study. |
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