Insights Into the Chinese Pangolin’s (Manis pentadactyla) Diet in a Peri-Urban Habitat: A Case Study From Hong Kong

Roger Ho LEE, Khan CHEUNG, John R. FELLOWES, Benoit GUÉNARD*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Gut content analysis of a juvenile Chinese pangolin revealed eight ant and one termite species being preyed on. The identification of > 26,000 prey items and a comparison with local ant communities suggest a selective foraging behavior and a tendency for direct predation on arboreal or epigaeic ant nests within secondary forest and shrubland habitats.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages7
JournalTropical Conservation Science
Volume10
Early online date22 May 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

The authors thank Gary Ades and the two anonymous reviewers for providing constructive comments on an early draft of the manuscript. Gut content used was extracted and preserved by the Wild Animal Rescue Centre of Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, as a collaborative effort of the team. The authors also thank Lily Ng and Maria Lo for technical support.

Keywords

  • arboreal ants
  • conservation
  • endangered species
  • gut content analysis
  • myrmecophagous
  • subtropical
  • urban landscape

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