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Brodie, J.; Giordano, A.
Small carnivores of the Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo, including a new locality for Hose's Civet _Diplogale hosei_
2015  Small carnivore conservation (44): 1-6

The first camera-trapping study in the Maliau Basin Conservation Area of Malaysian Borneo, an area containing some of the last intact rainforest in Southeast Asia, detected 13 small mammalian carnivore species over 2,915 camera-trap-nights, including three newly recorded for the area: Banded Linsang Prionodon linsang, Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata and Hose's Civet Diplogale hosei. Hose's Civet, endemic to Borneo, is one of the least known carnivore species in Southeast Asia and possibly the world. Maliau is only the fifth site where the species has been confirmed in Sabah. Camera-traps-deployed in three habitats: primary (unlogged) dipterocarp forest, logged dipterocarp forest and tropical heath (kerangas) forest-detected more small carnivore species in primary dipterocarp forest than in logged forest, despite similar sampling effort; data were too few to allow the estimation of meaningful habitat-specific detection probabilities. The Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga was the small carnivore species detected most often overall, followed by Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis and Banded Palm Civet Hemigalus derbyanus. We did not detect Malay Civet or Leopard Cat in logged forest, yet other studies suggest that they are common in disturbed areas. The paucity of records (only one) of the generally abundant Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus is unusual. Ongoing monitoring at this and other sites across Borneo should help elucidate patterns of small carnivore distribution and richness with respect to natural and anthropogenic variation in forest characteristics.

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