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Predation among wild primates by snakes, raptors and carnivores is a constant threat to their survival
determining and understanding certain aspects
the prey and the predator are nocturnal, direct
Predation accounts of translocated slow lorises, Nycticebus coucang and N. javanicus, in Sumatra and Java
Robithotul Huda, Richard Moore and Karmele L. Sanchez
Corresponding author: Robithotul Huda;
membantu memahami aspek-aspek tertentu dalam kaitanya antara Predator dengan mangsanya.
st March, 2018. Accepted 31st July, 2018
Pongo abelii Nisaetus cirrhatus
Pardofelis marmorata
Python reticulatus Varanus sp.
lorises have been among the most commonly
N.
javanicus N. coucang
Release protocol
Release sites
Predation records
the events and circumstances leading up to the predation were recorded in chronological order, along with the location, the habitat type, and any
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Case Date Species Sex Predator Evidence Survival
(days)
1 21.10.12 F Batutegi Protected Forest 150
2 28.1.13 M Raptor Suspected Batutegi Protected Forest 330
3 11.4.13 F Batutegi Protected Forest 9
4 14.8.13 M Batutegi Protected Forest 3
5 M Batutegi Protected Forest 240
6 14.9.15 M Suspected 330
15.8.15 F Suspected 90
8 13.9.15 F Javan leopard Suspected 0
9 M Javan leopard Suspected 0
10 M Bukit Barisan Selatan NP 30
11 9.1.18 M Water monitor lizard Bukit Barisan Selatan NP 95
Table 1.
Figure 1
Prionailurus bengalensis
to the event, the monitoring team had observed a leopard cat in the same area as the slow loris’
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Panther pardus melas
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Nisaetus cirrhatus
Dipterocarpus sp
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Varanus. s.
salvator
All predation events reported in this study occurred
have been more susceptible to attacks owing to the
into a new and unknown habitat, translocated animals typically have to contend with new types
move into new habitats are known to be at higher
predator composition and in such cases they
snakes consume prey whole, the radio collars were swallowed along with the slow lorises, making it
Slow lorises are arboreal, but will take to terrestrial locomotion over short distances when
where the predation events took place and the
reticulated python diet, which includes rodents,
also been recorded on at least three occasions in
associated with observing rare events involving
predation rates between the two species is the
with cooler temperatures, making it a less attractive
monitors are predominantly terrestrial but are
predated on a reintroduced pygmy slow loris in
Semnopithecus obscura
Semnopithecus obscura
Pardofelis marmorata
release monitoring, two adult leopard cats were
ready to pounce on the unsuspecting primates that were preoccupied with each other, but were scared
an observation which had also been reported by
has the power to rip open the wire mesh in such a
primate species, it is generally assumed that
Perodicticus potto
nocturnal primates available in the literature, it is
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Additionally, the continuous human presence
National Park was not witnessed directly, the
the predation happened during the day, a diurnal
Nisaetus cirrhatus Ictinaetus
malayensis Spilornis
cheela
Our study recorded eleven predation observations
observations involving slow lorises may help to
programmes, potentially through the development
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