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Rapid Assessment of Terrestrial Fauna in Bidong Island, Malaysia

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Bidong Island

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Rapid assessment of Bidong Island, Terengganu was conducted from 26 August to 2 September 2019 to document species diversity of birds and mammals. Mist nets and harp traps were used throughout the sampling period. Despite unfavourable weather, we managed to record three birds: Todiramphus sanctus, Chalcophaps indica and Haliaeetus leucogaster; and four small mammals: Cynopterus brachyotis, Hipposideros bicolor, Callosciurus notatus and Rattus argentiventer. We highlighted that T. sanctus, C. indica, H. bicolor and R. argentiventer are the new locality records for Bidong Island. Our data were pooled with previous findings on selected taxa (e.g., bees, butterflies, reptiles, birds and small mammals) to update the terrestrial faunal checklist on the island. Overall, Bidong Island has 69 species from 35 families, of which Cnemaspis bidongesis is endemic to the island. Forty-nine species of Bidong Island have been listed in the various schedules of the Malaysian Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (Act 716), while none of the total species recorded are listed as threatened species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Species. The ongoing study should be conducted to determine the contribution of regenerated forests in the conservation of terrestrial fauna as in line with Malaysia’s National Biodiversity Policy (NBP) 2025 and United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Associate Professor Dr Nobuyuki Yamaguchi from the Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (ITBSD), UMT for his insightful comments on various versions of this manuscript. We also thank to UMT for the administrative, accommodation, field equipment and logistic supports. Special thanks to the Department of Wildlife and National Park (DWNP) for the permission and research permit. We acknowledged financial support from the Niche Research Grant Scheme (NRGS/2015/53132) awarded to MT Abdullah and colleagues.

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  1. Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

    Muhamad Aidil Zahidin, Nur Khairunnisa Ismal Zulkarnain, Hasrulzaman Hassan Basri & Mohd Noor Afiq Ramlee

  2. Department of Hematology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Health Campus), 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

    Muhamad Aidil Zahidin

  3. Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

    Nur Farah Wahida Mohd Zakir, Nurin Nayli Mohamad Nasir, Nur Ashikin Samiran, Noor Hafifa Razali & Mazrul Aswady Mamat

  4. Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

    Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah

  5. Fellow Academy of Sciences Malaysia, MATRADE Tower, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Level 20, West Wing, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah

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See Fig. 9.2 and Tables 9.4, 9.5 and 9.6.

Fig. 9.2
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An Adult Chalcophaps Indica caught in Bidong Island

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Table 9.4 Taxonomic checklist of bees recorded in Bidong Island (Adanan et al. 2016)
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Table 9.5 Taxonomic checklist of butterflies recorded in Bidong Island (Rosmidi et al. 2017)
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Table 9.6 Taxonomic checklist of reptiles recorded in Bidong Island (Grismer et al. 2014; Zakaria et al. 2017; Fatihah-Syafiq et al. 2020)
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Zahidin, M.A. et al. (2022). Rapid Assessment of Terrestrial Fauna in Bidong Island, Malaysia. In: Chuan, O.M., Martin, M.B., Nurulnadia, M.Y., Afzan Azmi, W. (eds) Bidong Island. Geography of the Physical Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91924-5_9

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