Study of the Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti Mazak, 1968) population and habitat use in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum province

Kitti Kritiyuthanon. Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary; Mongkhon Damsuk. Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary

Study of the Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti Mazak, 1968) population and habitat use in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum province

2001

Kitti Kritiyuthanon(Royal Forest Department, Bangkok (Thailand). Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary) | Mongkhon Damsuk(Royal Forest Department, Bangkok (Thailand). Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary)

Population and habitat uses of the Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti Mazak, 1968) in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary was surveyed during January 1998 through march 1999. Direct and indirect methods were used in the surverys. Direct methods included camera trapping in all habitats present in the sanctuary, totaling 82 square m or 5.2 percent of the sanctuary area. Indirect methods included examining track, urine and dung. Camera traps resulted in 6 pictures of one male tiger. Habitats of tiger included lower hill evergreen forest, semi-evergreen forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, pine forest and tropical grassland. The male tiger photographed by camera trap occupied 80 square m of home range and overlapped with 6 other species of canivores including Asian Wild Dog (Cuon alpinus (Pallas) 1811), Leopard (Panthera pardus (Linnaeus) 1758 Asian Golden cat (Catopuma temminckii (Vigors and Hoesfield) 1827), Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith) 1821) and Leopard Cat. (Prionailurus bengalnsis (Kerr) 1792). Prey species found in tiger dung, included : Common Barking Deer (Muntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann) 1780), Common Wild Boar (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758), Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor (Kerr) 1792), Laesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus (Osbeck) 1765) and rats (Muridae). Common Barking Deer constituted over 40 percent of prey. Overhunting in the past has directly affected the present population, in addition to inbreeding. The results suggest that there are at least six adult tigers in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary.

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