Camera-trap photos

Preliminary results

We are still learning the best way to set them up and what kinds of problems we run into. During the last round of trapping, most of the cameras had problems rewinding the film, probably due to moisture condensing in the camera housing. We managed to rescue most of the film, but some frames were lost. In future we plan to place silica gel packs inside the housings.

Some of the resulting photos are shown here. Click on the thumbnail to see the large version.

The most common animals in our photos are muntjac. A few were taken at salt licks, but they seem to be scattered throughout the region.

A number of bearded pigs have turned up, mostly in the upper parts of the mountain.

Common porcupines have been photographed regularly at salt licks. They seem to patronise the same salt lick for a few days, then disappear. 

Hose's langurs have been photographed several at different salt licks.

Masked palm civets have shown up in the mountains, with the distinctive white tip to the tail.

A possible interesting find is a slender civet with a very long tail, pale underparts and white around the muzzle, similar to Hose's civet. This was photographed on the ridge of the mountain, far from the streams which are its supposed habitat.

We have several pictures of pangolins, again in the mountains.

A tufted ground squirrel crosses a log; its slender body is lower left, with its huge bushy grey tail above

A large group of pigtailed macaques was photographed at an open salt lick, and a family party was caught higher on the mountain.

Only one bird has shown up so far - this female argus pheasant at a salt lick.

The field team... caught in their own traps!