Preliminary study on food preference of Lutra perspicillata and Aonyx cinerea in Tanjung Piandang Perak.

Burhanuddin Mohd. Nor, . Preliminary study on food preference of Lutra perspicillata and Aonyx cinerea in Tanjung Piandang Perak. pp. 49-54. ISSN 0121-8126

A preliminary study on food preference of the Aonyx cinerea and Lutra perspicillata was carried out in Tanjung Piandang Perak. Fifty scats sample from each species were collected and analysed. Sump ponds from the study areas were drained to determine prey species density in the study area and to correlate between fish species density and food preference of both these otters in the study area. From the study it was found that sepat siam formed the largest proportion of the prey population in the study area and this affected to some extent the food preference of both otter species in the study area. Feeding behaviour of captive A. cinerea revealed this otter preferred prey items which have more meat like nabas testudineus. Other food items like molluscs crustaceans and mammal species were also consumed but these differ between both the otter species.

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Abstract

A preliminary study on food preference of the Aonyx cinerea and Lutra perspicillata was carried out in Tanjung Piandang Perak. Fifty scats sample from each species were collected and analysed. Sump ponds from the study areas were drained to determine prey species density in the study area and to correlate between fish species density and food preference of both these otters in the study area. From the study it was found that sepat siam formed the largest proportion of the prey population in the study area and this affected to some extent the food preference of both otter species in the study area. Feeding behaviour of captive A. cinerea revealed this otter preferred prey items which have more meat like nabas testudineus. Other food items like molluscs crustaceans and mammal species were also consumed but these differ between both the otter species.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Otters
AGROVOC Term:	Animal feeding
AGROVOC Term:	Sampling
AGROVOC Term:	Ponds
AGROVOC Term:	Prey
AGROVOC Term:	Fishes
AGROVOC Term:	Clarias macrocephalus
AGROVOC Term:	Anabas testudineus
AGROVOC Term:	Feeding behaviour
AGROVOC Term:	Food preferences
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:54
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8520

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