Pembangunan yang semakin pesat di Malaysia telah meningkatkan bilangan aktiviti antropogenik, sekaligus menyebabkan kemerosotan alam sekitar. Ini menunjukkan bahawa perlunya inventori hidupan liar dan sumber alam sekitar dijalankan di dalam kawasan hutan yang sedia ada, untuk mempromosikan peningkatan yang seimbang dalam pelan pemuliharaan dan pengurusan yang sedia ada, terutamanya untuk haiwan yang terancam seperti spesies mamalia kecil. Kajian mamalia kecil telah dijalankan di Tasik Bera, Hutan Simpan Ulu Gombak, Pusat Konservasi Hidupan Liar Sungkai, Pulau Pinang, dan Taman Negeri Wang Kelian. Harp trap, mist net, cage trap dan pitfall trap telah dipasang untuk kajian. Spesies Rhinolophus affinis (N = 61) merupakan spesies yang paling banyak ditangkap, diikuti dengan R. Lepidus (N = 27). Manakala untuk mamalia kecil tidak terbang, species Leopoldamys sabanus merupakan spesies paling banyak (N = 33) diikuti dengan Maxomys rajah (N = 25) dan Tupaia glis (N = 22). Dua spesies cencurut, Suncus etruscus dan Crocidura monticola masing-masing telah ditangkap dengan jumlah satu individu bagi setiap satu spesies. Hutan Simpan Ulu Gombak merekodkan kepelbagaian spesies yang paling tinggi (H’ = 2.754), manakala Pulau Pinang merekodkan nilai yang paling rendah (H’ = 2.245). Senarai mamalia kecil yang telah direkodkan melalui kajian ini merupakan maklumat yang signifikan bagi tujuan pemantauan dan konservasi biodiversiti.
Bat surveys at Gunung Gading National Park (GGNP) were conducted for 29 non-consecutive nights, which consisted
of five separate sampling sessions from November 2011 until November 2015. A total of 378 individuals representing
36 species from six families were captured, from an accumulated effort of 435 trapping nights. This corresponds to
approximately 39% (n=36) of the total species recorded in Borneo. The most commonly captured species in GGNP for
insectivorous bats was Rhinolophus affinis (20.1%), whereas for frugivorous bats Penthetor lucasi (14.3%) dominated the
capture. Species accumulation curve reached asymptote on the 24th sampling night suggesting that sampling saturation
has been achieved for the trapping sites studied here. The species diversity (H’= 2.75) showed relatively high diversity
of bat species in the park compared to other actively surveyed sites in western Sarawak including Bako National Park
(Bako NP), Kubah National Park (Kubah NP) and Mount Penrisen (Mt Penrisen). This was further supported through
rarefaction analysis showing that GGNP has largest value of estimated species compared to other actively surveyed
sites in western Sarawak. Lunar phase and bat capture rate correlation analysis showed that there is no statistically
significant relationship between lunar phase and the bat capture rate at GGNP. This suggests that bat activity reported
here were not affected by moonlight. The results from these surveys provided the most comprehensive list of bats for
GGNP. Our study highlights the importance of GGNP as an important habitat for bat conservation including the rare bat
species found in Borneo, Phoniscus atrox.