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Bernard, H.; Baking, E.L.; Matsubayashi, H.; Ahmad, A.H.
Records of Bornean felids in and around Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
2012 Cat News (56): 04-07
We photo-captured four of the five species of Bornean wild cats in Tabin Wildlife Reserve (Tabin WR) and in the nearby forest fragments located within a matrix habitat of mature oil palm plantations. The four species were Sunda clouded leopard Neofelis diardi, Bornean bay cat _Catopuma badia_, marbled cat _Pardofelis marmorata_, and leopard cat _Prionailurus bengalensis_. A fifth species, the flat headed cat _Prionailurus planiceps_, was photographed in 2002 (Yasuda et al. 2007), but was not detected during our study. The leopard cat was photographed at all sampling sites, but all other species were photographed only in the forest habitats of Tabin WR. Despite consisting mainly of regenerating secondary forest, Tabin WR may still constitute an important component for the preservation of the Bornean wild cat species in Sabah.
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