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| Cao, L.N.; Gray, R.J.; Pham, T.V.; Trinh, M.T.; Nguyen, T.V.; Nguyen, H.T.T.; Willcox, D.; Cuong, T.X.; Tuan, V.C.A.; Dung, L.V.; Nguyen, T.V. | |
| Confirmed evidence of marbled cat in Pu Mat National Park, Vietnam | |
| 2022 Cat News (75): 25-28 | |
Marbled cats _Pardofelis marmorata_ are notoriously elusive and difficult to detect with camera trapping surveys, possibly due to their arboreal behaviours. Here, we review available published literature on camera trapping surveys within their range over the past two decades which successfully detected the species, with the inclusion of records from our own camera-trapping surveys from Pu Mat National Park, Vietnam. We describe challenges in detectability, and recommend that to optimize their detectability, future monitoring efforts of the species should focus on targeted camera trapping locations surrounding lowland broadleaf forest edges with stations spaced ~1 km apart and with at least 72-90 trap night effort per camera, or to explore other alternatives of detection such as environmental DNA (eDNA) or invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA). |
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