Photographic Documentation of Rare Enggano Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus enganus (Carnivora: Viverridae)

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36982/bio.v1i2.4739

Keywords:

nocturnal, Palm Civet, Paradoxurinae, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, Sumatra.

Abstract

Enggano Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus enganus is a subspecies of Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus that range limited in Enggano Island, Bengkulu Province, Southwest Sumatra. Since a specimen collection on 11 November 1904, the occurence P. hermaphroditus enganus has not ever been reported again. There are two recent observations of P. hermaphroditus enganus in 2011 and 2020. These observations are represent recent records of this rare endemic taxa after 107 years.

Author Biographies

Rendra Regen Rais, Conservation and Natural Resource Agency, The Ministry of Environmental and Forestry

Conservation and Natural Resource Agency, The Ministry of Environmental and Forestry

Adi Kuswanto, Department of Forestry Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Bengkulu University

Department of Forestry Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Bengkulu University

Guntur Pragustiandi, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Sriwijaya University

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Sriwijaya University

Agus Susatya, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bengkulu University

Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bengkulu University

Downloads

Published

2024-12-24

How to Cite

Iqbal, M., Rais, R. R., Kuswanto, A., Pragustiandi, G., & Susatya, A. (2024). Photographic Documentation of Rare Enggano Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus enganus (Carnivora: Viverridae). BIO PALEMBANICA, 1(2), 97–102. https://doi.org/10.36982/bio.v1i2.4739

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2024): Bio Palembanica

Section

##section.default.title##
external-statistic-user-interface-budi-arianto Abstract views: 53 / PDF downloads: 29