Small Mammals from Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Authors

  • FAISAL ALI ANWARALI KHAN
  • NURUL FARAH DIYANA AHMAD TAHIR
  • SULTANA PARVIN HABEEBUR RAHMAN
  • JULIUS WILLIAM DEE
  • MUHD AMSYARI MORNI
  • QHAIRIL SHYAMRI ROSLI
  • ROBERTA CHAYA TAWIE TINGGA
  • MOHD RIDWAN ABD RAHMAN
  • ISHAM AZHAR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33736/bjrst.595.2017

Abstract

 Small mammal survey was conducted at Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary (WS) from 20th until 25th October 2014. This survey aimed to assess the diversity of small mammals particularly from the order Chiroptera, Insectivora, Rodentia and Scadentia. These orders were targeted primarily to gain better understanding on the ecology and distribution of these understudied taxa in Borneo. Our survey recorded a total of 30 species of small mammals from six trapping nights. Order Chiroptera was recorded with the highest number of species (seven families; 22 species), followed by order Rodentia (two families; six species) and order Scandentia (two species). None was recorded from the order Insectivora. The most abundant species were Rhinolophus trifoliatus (n=6) for Chiroptera, Maxomys whiteheadi (n=7) for Rodentia and Tupaia tana (n=5) for Scandentia. Data presented here is the first comprehensive information on Samunsam’s small mammals. This data can be used to gain better insights on the population trends at regional and local scale, as well as in improving the management plans of Samunsam WS. Although species diversity in Samunsam WS is comparable to other sites in western Sarawak, result presented here need to be treated with caution as this is the first comprehensive study that only cover area close to park headquarters. 

Keywords: Chiroptera, diversity, Insectivora, inventory, Rodentia, Scandentia 

 

Author Biographies

FAISAL ALI ANWARALI KHAN

 

   

NURUL FARAH DIYANA AHMAD TAHIR

 

 

SULTANA PARVIN HABEEBUR RAHMAN

 

 

JULIUS WILLIAM DEE

 

 

MUHD AMSYARI MORNI

 

 

QHAIRIL SHYAMRI ROSLI

 

 

ROBERTA CHAYA TAWIE TINGGA

 

 

MOHD RIDWAN ABD RAHMAN

 

 

ISHAM AZHAR

 

 

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2017-12-27

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ALI ANWARALI KHAN, F., FARAH DIYANA AHMAD TAHIR, N., PARVIN HABEEBUR RAHMAN, S., WILLIAM DEE, J., MORNI, M. A., SHYAMRI ROSLI, Q., CHAYA TAWIE TINGGA, R., ABD RAHMAN, M. R., & AZHAR, I. (2017). Small Mammals from Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology, 7(2), 98–106. https://doi.org/10.33736/bjrst.595.2017

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