Locating Giant Ground Pangolins (Smutsia gigantea) Using Camera Traps on Burrows in the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon
Locating Giant Ground Pangolins (Smutsia gigantea) Using Camera Traps on Burrows in the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon
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DOI：
10.1177/1940082917749224
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发表时间：
2018-01-15
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Olson, David
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作者：
Bruce, Tom;Kamta, Romeo;Olson, David
巨型地穿山甲（Smutsia pangolins）由于其夜间活动和穴居习性而鲜为人知，难以研究。在这里，我们测试了使用相机陷阱对当地Ba'Aka指南确定的潜在活动洞穴的有效性，以快速定位野外巨型穿山甲，以便随后进行观察和标记遥测研究。我们在喀麦隆Dja生物圈保护区潜在的巨型地面穿山甲洞穴上部署了9台摄像机。一台相机在相机部署后的2天内拍摄了一只成年雄性巨型地穿山甲使用洞穴的照片。穿山甲在25天内多次使用同一个洞穴，并记录了可能的气味标记行为。
Giant ground pangolins (Smutsia gigantea) are poorly known and difficult to study due to their nocturnal and burrowing habits. Here, we test the efficacy of using camera traps on potentially active burrows identified by local Ba'Aka guides to rapidly locate giant ground pangolins in the wild for subsequent observation and tagging for telemetry studies. We deployed nine cameras on potential giant ground pangolin burrows in the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon. One camera photographed an adult male giant ground pangolin using a burrow within 2 days of camera deployment. The pangolin used the same burrow several times over a 25-day period and possible scent-marking behavior was recorded.