Small Mammals

• Main Authors: Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan, Sally, Soo Kaicheen, Lok, Lisa Choy Hong, Khan, Faisal A.A.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: UNIMAS Publisher and Wilmar Plantations Sdn Bhd 2023
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42806/1/Small%20Mammals.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42806/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The Bornean tropical rainforests harbour some of the most remarkable diversity of flora and fauna in the world (Jennings et al., 2015; Sodhi et al., 2004). Tropical biodiversity is highly threatened by land conversion for agricultural purposes. This calls for greater conservational prioritization (Wilcove & Koh, 2010; Fitzherbert et al., 2008) as many have become fragmented and disconnected. There are a total of 247 species of mammals recorded in Borneo, and small mammals make up approximately 81%, which can be sub-categorized into bats, shrews, treeshrews, rats, mice, squirrels and flying squirrels (Phillipps & Phillipps, 2016). Borneo is regarded as one of the biodiversity hotspots, sustaining a high concentration of endemism, including approximately 19% of mammals (5% of the 99 bats species and 26 Rodentia), 20% of snakes and 6% of birds (Mohd-Azlan & Lawes, 2011). S