Tingkah Laku Kancil (Tragulus javanicus) Yang Berhubungan Dengan Aktivitas Makan Di Penangkaran

Abstract

Mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus) is a wild animal with the status of protected based on the Government Regulation No. 7, 1999. Mouse deer population has decreased and could be extinct in the future. Captive breeding is one of the ex situ efforts to preserve this wild animal population. This research was conducted in September- December 2009 in Small Mammal Captivity, Zoology Division, Research Center for Biology, LIPI, Cibinong. A female mouse deer aged three years and had been captivated for 3 years was used as the observed. Variables measured were daily activities (eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, locomotion, grooming, ruminating, and resting) and selection of feeds: Ipomea batatas, Sechium edule, Psidium guajava, Luffa acutangula, Lagenaria leucantha, Phassolus calcaratus, Musa sp.), Phylanthus urinaria, Phaseolus radiatus, Brassica chinensis, Mikania cordata, and Phaseolus sp. Observations were carried out for 24 hours, from 06.00 am until 06.00 am the day after. Each periode was divided into 15 minutes observation intervals. One-zero sampling method was used in the data collecting then the data were analysed descriptively. Mouse deer prefered Ipomea batatas, Sechium edule, Psidium guajava, Luffa acutangula, Lagenaria siceraria, and Phassolus calcaratus, as feeds in the day light and Musa sp., Phylanthus urinaria, Phaseolus radiatus, Brassica chinensis, Mikania cordata, and Phaseolus sp. in the night. The percentage of mouse deer’s activities are 36,371 % resting, 15,312% ruminating, 15,558% locomotion, 13,814% grooming, 12,603% eating, 3,284% urinating, 3,058% defecation and 0% drinking. The captive should be given hiding place to acomodate resting, ruminating, and grooming activities.