Title
Non-Panthera cat records from big cat monitoring in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.
Author(s)
Simcharoen, S.; Umponjan, M.; Duangchantrasiri, S.; Pattanavibool, A.
Published
2014
Publisher
CATnews
Abstract
A camera-trapping deployment for tiger Panthera tigris monitoring in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary HKK, in the Western Forest Complex WEFCOM of Thailand, was carried out intensively between 2005 and 2009. The deployment’s annual setup included an average of 162 camera-trap locations with more than 2,000 trap-nights and covered almost 1,000 km². Many other wildlife species were photographed including small and medium (non-Panthera) cats. This analysis explores the potential use of the system to monitor cat species other than tiger and leopard Panthera pardus. In five years, leopard and tiger, major targets of the deployment, were camera-trapped in 653 and 483 notionally independent events respectively. Among non-Panthera cats, leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis was the most common, with 155 events. Independent events of three other non-Panthera cats were rare: ten of Asiatic golden cat Catopuma temminckii, six of mainland clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa, and only two of marbled cat Pardofelis marmorata. Leopard cat in HKK used mixed deciduous forest heavily and showed an obvious crepuscular and nocturnal activity pattern. The camera-trapping deployment for tigers in HKK could be used to monitor leopard cats, but different deployment designs would be necessary for other non-Panthera cats at this site.
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