The contribution of archaeology to the zoogeography of Borneo, with the first record of a wild canid of Early Holocene age

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1988
Authors:Cranbrook
Journal:Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series
Volume:42
Pagination:Pagination missing - please provide
Date Published:1988
Keywords:Cuon alpinus, Panthera tigris
Abstract:

The extant fauna of Borneo lacks several large mammal species that are widespread elsewhere in the Sunda region. Archaeological research in Borneo has already found remains of three of these in late Upper Pleistocene or Holocene contexts: the tiger, Panthera tigris; Malay tapir, Tapirus indicus; and Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus. Evidence of a fourth, the dhole, Cuon alpinus, is now reported from a midden dated about 10 000 B.P. in Agop Sarapad, Madai caves, Sabah. Extinction of these species evidently occurred within the last few thousand years and it attributed to failure to adapt to the environmental consequences of post-glacial climatic changes.-Author"

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