Estimating the population density of the Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus) in a selectively logged forest in Peninsular Malaysia

摘要: The endangered Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus) is threatened by large-scale habitat loss, forest fragmentation and increased hunting pressure. Conservation planning for this species, however, hampered a severe paucity of information on its ecology population status. We present the first density estimate from camera trapping study targeting tigers in selectively logged within Peninsular Malaysia using spatially explicit capture–recapture maximum likelihood based framework. With trap effort 2496 nights, 17 individuals were identified corresponding to (standard error) 9.49 (2.55) adult tapirs/100 km2. Although our results include several caveats, we believe that still serves as an important baseline facilitate monitoring trends Malaysia. Our also highlights potential extracting vital ecological other cryptic individually identifiable animals tiger-centric studies, especially with use