Abstract
A long-term camera-trap study of the Javan Rhinoceros in 2013 in Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP), Indonesia, allowed us to document the first photographic evidence of Dholes preying on a young Banteng and other species. Our photographs suggested that Dholes get in large packs to predate on Banteng and commonly separate young from adults when attacking the young. Future research should examine the Dhole diet and interspecific relationships between Dhole and Banteng to gain a better understanding of the ecological impacts of endangered predators on endangered prey in UKNP.
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Founder & Chief Editor Dr Sanjay Molur Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India
Our study area was located in Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP) in southwestern Java, Indonesia (Figure 1)
On 24 September 2013 at 1700–1712 h, another camera recorded more than six adult Dholes trying to kill a young Banteng in the same pattern as before (Image 2)
Summary
Founder & Chief Editor Dr Sanjay Molur Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India. Associate Editors Dr Mandar Paingankar, Government Science College Gadchiroli, Maharashtra 442605, India Dr Ulrike Streicher, Wildlife Veterinarian, Eugene, Oregon, USA Ms Priyanka Iyer, ZOO/WILD, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India Dr B.A. Daniel, ZOO/WILD, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India. Mewa Singh Ph.D., FASc, FNA, FNASc, FNAPsy Ramanna Fellow and Life-Long Distinguished Professor, Biopsychology Laboratory, and Institute of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka 570006, India; Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore; and Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. Dr Martin Fisher Senior Associate Professor, Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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