Affiliation:
1. Life Museum of Azabu University Azabu University Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan
2. Primate Research Institute Kyoto University, Kanrin Inuyama Aichi Japan
3. IPB University Bogor West Java Indonesia
Abstract
AbstractInformation regarding the food habits of tropical cervids is limited. We studied the food habits of rusa deer (Rusa timorensis), a tropical cervid in the Pangandaran Nature Reserve, West Java, Indonesia. The faecal composition of the rusa deer collected over a year was analysed using microscopy of plant fragments. The results showed marked seasonal changes: in the rainy season, the rusa deer mainly fed on Cynodon dactylon, a lawn‐like grass, which accounted for approximately 50% of the faecal composition. During the dry season, C. dactylon in the faeces decreased to approximately 20%, while the composition of fruits increased, suggesting that food conditions for the deer were better in this season. This pattern differs from that of temperate cervids which can feed on abundant plant leaves during summer but are forced to consume low‐quality foods such as bark and dead leaves during winter.
Subject
Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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