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Nurhalimah Mohd Saad, . and Muhammad Farhan Abd Wahab, . and Hasmahzaiti Omar, . and Mohamad Azam Firdaus Saarani, . and Mohamad Harris Nasir, . The non-volant terrestrial small mammals at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve Kedah Malaysia. pp. 173-184. ISSN 2550-1909
Abstract
An eight days survey of non-volant small mammals was conducted at the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve in the state of Kedah Malaysia. To sample the small mammals we placed 100 cage traps and 50 bucket pitfall traps randomly along the existing man-made trails in four sampling sites within the study area. Total trapping effort for the cage traps was 796 trap nights while the total trapping effort for the bucket pitfall traps was 400 trap nights. Overall 24 non-volant small mammal individuals represented by seven species from the Family Muridae were captured. The Red spiny rat Maxomys surifer was the most dominant species accounting for 42 of the total individuals captured. We also caught the Chestnut white-bellied rat (Niviventer fulvescens) which is a new record for the study area. Although sampling was conducted only briefly our study has demonstrated that Ulu Muda Forest Reserve still holds a high diversity of forest rat species some of which are of international or regional conservation concern. Increasing the sampling effort i.e. by surveying more areas over a longer period would likely increase the possibility of capturing more small mammal species in this area.
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Abstract
An eight days survey of non-volant small mammals was conducted at the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve in the state of Kedah Malaysia. To sample the small mammals we placed 100 cage traps and 50 bucket pitfall traps randomly along the existing man-made trails in four sampling sites within the study area. Total trapping effort for the cage traps was 796 trap nights while the total trapping effort for the bucket pitfall traps was 400 trap nights. Overall 24 non-volant small mammal individuals represented by seven species from the Family Muridae were captured. The Red spiny rat Maxomys surifer was the most dominant species accounting for 42 of the total individuals captured. We also caught the Chestnut white-bellied rat (Niviventer fulvescens) which is a new record for the study area. Although sampling was conducted only briefly our study has demonstrated that Ulu Muda Forest Reserve still holds a high diversity of forest rat species some of which are of international or regional conservation concern. Increasing the sampling effort i.e. by surveying more areas over a longer period would likely increase the possibility of capturing more small mammal species in this area.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| AGROVOC Term: | Mammals |
| AGROVOC Term: | Wildlife |
| AGROVOC Term: | Forest reserves |
| AGROVOC Term: | Forest surveys |
| AGROVOC Term: | Biodiversity |
| AGROVOC Term: | Researchers |
| AGROVOC Term: | Biologists |
| AGROVOC Term: | Ecologists |
| AGROVOC Term: | Mammalogists |
| AGROVOC Term: | Species diversity |
| Depositing User: | Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 00:55 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10212 |
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