Habitat of mammals in West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract. Megantara EN, Shanida SS, Husodo T, Febrianto P, Pujianto MP, Hendrawan R. 2019. Habitat of mammals in West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 3380-3390. West Java has various habitat types, natural forests and human-land modified. Based on previous studies by Padjadjaran University that mammals were found in several locations, such as Gunung Salak, Ciletuh, Cisokan, Kamojang, and Darajat. There are many mammals found in various habitat so that it is important to reveal the habitat types that are usually used by mammals to fulfill their daily needs. The purpose of this study is to reveal the habitat types that are most commonly found in mammal species. Semi-structured interviews, direct observations, camera trapping, sign survey, and collapsible trap installation were applied in this study. Based on the results of the study, Mammals in West Java were found in 54 species, 21 families, and nine orders. Natural forests found 38 species, while mammals found in human-land modified as many as 16 species. In human land modified, agroforestry found more mammal species compared to other human-land.

The protection effort of leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis Kerr, 1792) in the Upper Cisokan Pumped Storage, West Java, Indonesia

“…The BMP-AP focuses management on biodiversity problems that receive various impacts from the construction, especially on animals that are categorized as Rare, Endangered, Endemic, and Protected Species (REEPS), including the Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas Cuvier, 1809), small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea Illiger, 1815), Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch Audebert, 1798), grizzled leaf monkey (Presbytis comata Desmarest, 1822), Javan langur (Trachypithecus auratus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812), Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus Boddert, 1785), Javan mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus Osbeck, 1765), Sunda porcupine (Hystrix javanica Cuvier, 1823), and Javan pangolins (Manis javanica, Desmarest, 1822) (Ayundari et al 2017;Withaningsih et al 2018;Shanida et al 2018a;Shanida et al 2018b;Husodo et al 2019a;Husodo et al 2019c;Megantara et al 2019;Mustikasari et al 2019;Dirgantara et al 2021). Therefore, biodiversity management determined by BMP-AP is one of PT PLN's efforts to protect leopard cats.…”