Assessment of diversity of Mammals in Mt. Tapulao, palaguig Zambales
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Date
2019
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Rolen L. Ramirez
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This study was done to assess the diversity of mammals in Mt. Tapulao, Palaguig Zambales Cage trapping and mist-netting were done to catch non-volant mammals and volant mammals respectively. Also, the ecological parameters and diversity indices were computed to determine the diversity of mammals that were present in Mt. Tapulao. In addition, the checklist of the sources and levels of impacts of environmental degradation in Mt. tapulao was rated by CENRO and LGU employees in order to determine the problems and threats in Mt. Tapulao. There were three species belonging to the family Muridae (Rhynchomys tapulao, Apomys brownorum and Rattuys everetti) and a species of belonging to the family Pteropodidae (Ptenochirus jagori). Among the mammals that were observed , R. everetti got the highest Importance Value Index of 82.35%. A Shannon Diversity Index of 1.06 was computed which indicates very low diversity of mammals. In addition, mammals in Mt. Tapulao serve as food, pets, medicine, animal sacrifices or are sold to the market. Lastly, the problems and threats to mammalian diversity in Mt. Tapulao are tourism, road construction, and hunting which posed major impacts in the area.