Diet of small mammals in the secondary tropical forests in Malaysia

Muda, Habsah (1991) Diet of small mammals in the secondary tropical forests in Malaysia. [Journal / Magazine]

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Abstract

The diet of squirrels, treeshrews, insectivorous bats and frugivorous bats were studied from the stomach contents of these animals captured from the various localities of secondary forests. Tupaia glis seemed to take more variety of insects besides fruits and vegetative matter as compared to the other species of tree and ground squirrels examined. Among the various insects examined, Hymenoptera was the most frequent prey followed by Coleoptera. Callosciurus notatus, C. prevostii, Sundasciurus tenuis, Rhinosciurus laticaudatus and Lariscus insignus were found with insects which formed part of the T. glis diet. Among the insectivorous bats, Rhinolophus affinis had the greater variety of insects followed by Hipposideros armiger. Coleoptera seemed to be the most preferred insects among the insectivorous bats. All insect fragments from frugivorous bats were too far digested making identification to taxonomic level not possible.

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