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  • Other notable mammals include carnivores, such as leopard Panthera pardus, wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus (VU), leopard cat Felis bengalensis, fishing cat F. viverrina (LR), Javan mongoose Herpestes javanicus and several civets, including binturong Arctictis binturong.

    Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

  • Several ungulates range within the park, of which the largest and most abundant is banteng Bos javanicus (EN), with a population of around 700 on Ujung Kulon Peninsula and Gunung Honje.

    Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

  • Other species include muntjac Muntiacus muntjak, lesser mouse deer Tragulus javanicus, rusa deer Cervus timorensis and wild boar Sus scrofa.

    Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

  • Gaur Bos gaurus and banteng Bos javanicus are still fairly common, although they have become increasingly rare elsewhere in Thailand due to poaching.

    Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

  • Some of these species, including the Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi), Javan mongoose (H. javanicus) and Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) were introduced for the purposes of snake control but have instead caused significant declines of many native birds and small mammals.

    Biological diversity in Japan 2008

  • There are also smaller and more localized populations of feral banteng (B. javanicus), goats (Capra hircus), and sambar deer (Cervus unicolor).

    Arnhem Land tropical savanna 2008

  • Neither banteng B. javanicus (V), nor wild water buffalo Bubalus arnee (E) has yet been reported from Thung Yai, although both occur in neighbouring Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.

    Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

  • The small Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), which was first introduced in 1872 to control rodents and poisonous snakes, has devastated native populations of reptiles and amphibians and led to the extinction of dozens of species.

    Biological diversity in the Caribbean Islands 2008

  • Pangolins (Manis javanicus) search for ants on the forest floor, while civets and the clouded leopard (Neofilis nebulosa) hunt for food.

    Borneo lowland rain forests 2008

  • There seems to be no special vertebrate fauna associated with limestone in this ecoregion, although banteng Bos javanicus, orangutan Pongo pygmaeus, Bornean gibbon Hylobates muelleri, sambar Cervus unicolor, muntjac Muntiacus muntjak, and mousedeer Tragulus spp. all use limestone outcroppings.

    Borneo lowland rain forests 2008

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