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Foraging behaviour of the Cape Pangolin Manis Temminckii in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1996.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/82503 Foraging behaviour of the Cape Pangolin Manis Temminckii in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin Richardson, Philip R.K. Swart, Jonathan Michael UCTD Cape pangolin Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1996. Fifteen pangolins were tagged with radio transmitters and their activity, diet, foraging behaviour and habitat selection were studied over a 14 month period in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin. The composition, diversity, and activity of epigaeic ants and termites were also studied concurrently with the pangolin's foraging behaviour. Twenty-five genera and 55 species of ants and termites were recorded. Pheidole sp. 2 was the most common and accounted for 27% of pitfall samples. Anoplolepis custodiens contributed to only five percent of the overall species composition, yet it was the predominant prey species in the pangolin's diet. The grassland savanna cleared habitat type had the highest overall species diversity and appeared to be the ideal habitat type for ants. The diversity of ants and termites was greater in summer than in winter for all habitat types. The overall activity of ants and termites was significantly higher during summer than during winter and the activity of A. custodiens was 11 times higher during summer compared to winter. Sixty per cent of the total activity of this species was recorded in the calc brack habitat type. The nocturnal activity of ants and termites proved significantly lower than the diurnal activity. Zoology and Entomology MSc Unrestricted 2021-11-02T10:19:47Z 2021-11-02T10:19:47Z 2021 1996 Dissertation * http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82503 © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Cape pangolin Foraging behaviour of the Cape Pangolin Manis Temminckii in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin |
| title | Foraging behaviour of the Cape Pangolin Manis Temminckii in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin |
| title_full | Foraging behaviour of the Cape Pangolin Manis Temminckii in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin |
| title_fullStr | Foraging behaviour of the Cape Pangolin Manis Temminckii in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foraging behaviour of the Cape Pangolin Manis Temminckii in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin |
| title_short | Foraging behaviour of the Cape Pangolin Manis Temminckii in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin |
| title_sort | foraging behaviour of the cape pangolin manis temminckii in the sabi sand wildtuin |
| topic | UCTD Cape pangolin |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82503 |