TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicted distribution of short-tailed mongoose Herpestes brachyurus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Herpestidae) on Borneo
AU - Duckworth, J. W.
AU - Hearn, Andrew J.
AU - Ross, Joanna
AU - Samejima, Hiromitsu
AU - Mohamed, Azlan
AU - Cheyne, Susan M.
AU - Alfred, Raymond
AU - Augeri, Dave M.
AU - Mathai, John
AU - Heydon, Matt
AU - Boonratana, Ramesh
AU - Rustam,
AU - Semiadi, Gono
AU - van Berkel, Tim
AU - Brodie, Jedediah F.
AU - Giordano, Anthony
AU - Eaton, James
AU - Fredriksson, Gabriella
AU - Hall, Jon
AU - Hon, Jason J.
AU - Nakashima, Yoshihiro
AU - Macdonald, David W.
AU - Belant, Jerrold L.
AU - Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie
AU - Wilting, Andreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 National University of Singapore.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Short-tailed mongoose Herpestes brachyurus is known to inhabit Borneo, Sumatra and peninsular Malaysia. Locality records show that it is widespread and probably common in at least the northern half of Borneo. Records are much sparser south of 2°N. It occurs in forest and, to a poorly clarified extent, non-forest habitats. Eighty-six spatially precise records were used to model its Bornean distribution. This modelling is complicated by several factors: difficulties of field separation from collared mongoose H. semitorquatus (reducing the number of available records); limited interest in, and thus familiarity with, the species (perhaps reducing the reliability of the respondents’ opinions on habitat use); and strong evidence that altitudinal range and perhaps other aspects of habitat use differ between major landmasses (also potentially confounding opinions on habitat use). Within Borneo it is important to (1) clarify the extent of the specie’s use of degraded and non-forest habitats, and (2) assess whether the paucity of records in Borneo from south of 2°N reflects a rarity of animals or simply low survey effort. Irrespective of short-tailed mongoose’s precise habitat-use patterns in Borneo, it seems unlikely to be under major threat there. Its extent of occurrence encompasses all, or nearly all, the island; it has a large potential range outside the lowlands where large-scale forest clearance has been concentrated; there is no evidence of any association with any particularly threatened microhabitat; and it is highly unlikely to be subject to targeted or intensive hunting except locally as a livestock predator.
AB - Short-tailed mongoose Herpestes brachyurus is known to inhabit Borneo, Sumatra and peninsular Malaysia. Locality records show that it is widespread and probably common in at least the northern half of Borneo. Records are much sparser south of 2°N. It occurs in forest and, to a poorly clarified extent, non-forest habitats. Eighty-six spatially precise records were used to model its Bornean distribution. This modelling is complicated by several factors: difficulties of field separation from collared mongoose H. semitorquatus (reducing the number of available records); limited interest in, and thus familiarity with, the species (perhaps reducing the reliability of the respondents’ opinions on habitat use); and strong evidence that altitudinal range and perhaps other aspects of habitat use differ between major landmasses (also potentially confounding opinions on habitat use). Within Borneo it is important to (1) clarify the extent of the specie’s use of degraded and non-forest habitats, and (2) assess whether the paucity of records in Borneo from south of 2°N reflects a rarity of animals or simply low survey effort. Irrespective of short-tailed mongoose’s precise habitat-use patterns in Borneo, it seems unlikely to be under major threat there. Its extent of occurrence encompasses all, or nearly all, the island; it has a large potential range outside the lowlands where large-scale forest clearance has been concentrated; there is no evidence of any association with any particularly threatened microhabitat; and it is highly unlikely to be subject to targeted or intensive hunting except locally as a livestock predator.
KW - Borneo Carnivore Symposium
KW - Brunei
KW - Conservation priorities
KW - Habitat suitability index
KW - Indonesia
KW - Malaysia
KW - Species distribution modelling
KW - Survey gaps
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84978390208&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84978390208
SN - 0217-2445
VL - 2016
SP - 132
EP - 141
JO - Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
JF - Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
ER -