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Gardner, P.C.; Ambu, L.; Bernard, H.; Goossens, B.
The rare flat-headed cat and other felids in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
2014 Cat News (61): 37-41
We present new observations of all five species of wild felid captured using large high-density camera trapping grids installed in Tabin Wildlife Reserve between the months March 2011-October 2012. This includes areas in the eastern part of the reserve that have never been surveyed before using the camera-trapping techniques. Camera trapping surveys within each grid were conducted for at least 12 weeks and ran continuously over 24 hrs ensuring all individuals were captured. Our captures indicate secondary lowland dipterocarp forest is inhabited by all species of felid and event data augment the little information available on the bay cat, marbled cat and flat-headed cat, the latter which was only previously recorded in Tabin on one occasion. Our capture of the flat-headed cat extends the known eastern range of this species.
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