中南半岛林间的幽灵——长颌带狸
Alan Owston(1853-1915)是享誉盛名的英国籍商人、探险家兼业余博物学家,他于1871年只身前往亚洲,从此开启了长达40余年的探索之旅,期间采集了大量的珍贵标本,极大地增加了西方科学家对亚洲野生动物的认识程度。©Wikipedia
长颌带狸原始描述文献中的模式标本头骨手绘图,该头骨长91mm,为一雄性亚成体,该标本于1911年9月16日采集自越南西北部的安沛省,经Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas(1858-1929)鉴定为一新物种。©archive.org
分布于马来半岛、爪哇岛及苏拉威西岛的缟椰子狸是现存与长颌带狸亲缘关系最近的物种,其形态亦于长颌带狸高度相似,两者的分布区大致沿克拉地峡划分。©Royle Safaris
通常情况下,长颌带狸主要在地面上活动,但它们也会爬上高树以躲避敌害;长颌带狸的爪具有半伸缩性,这使得它们可以牢牢地抓住纤细的树枝。©Terry Whittaker
在安南山脉东坡(越南境内)拍摄到的野生长颌带狸,由东南季风带来的暖湿气流在这一带受地形抬升,带来了充沛的降水,使这一带长颌带狸的分布上限可达海拔2600m左右的高山林地。©Rainforest Trust
越南菊芳国家公园野生动物保育中心和“拯救越南野生动物组织(Save Vietnam's Wildlife coordinate)”繁育的长颌带狸,长颌带狸并不会像其它灵猫科物种那般出现“杀婴”现象,因此其繁育工作相对要更加容易。 ©Future For Nature
这只被捕获的长颌带狸拍摄自老挝博利坎赛省境内,由于长颌带狸通常在地面活动,这使得它们极易成为布设于地面的陷阱的牺牲品,目前,偷猎和栖息地丧失是这一物种所面临的主要威胁。©The Biodiversity Offset Management Committee of Bolikhamxay Province
英国切斯特动物园(Chester Zoo)饲养的长颌带狸,自2005年来,在EAZA的组织下,多家欧洲动物园加入到了长颌带狸的迁地保护工作中,使长颌带狸成为目前唯一具有国际联合繁育项目的灵猫科物种。©Chester Zoo Science
2003年4月在老挝甘蒙省境内拍摄到的长颌带狸,这也是在老挝境内拍摄的第一张长颌带狸生态照,老挝拥有全球第二大的长颌带狸野生种群,但该国在这一物种的研究与保护方面仍需要开展更多工作。©WCS Lao Camare Trap
2020年1月在云南西双版纳自然保护区由红外摄像机拍摄到的长颌带狸,长颌带狸曾一度被认为在中国境内灭绝,但近年来,科研人员在云南边境的少部分地区又重新发现了这一物种的踪迹,估测其在中国境内的种群可能不足300只。©版纳植物园东南亚生物多样性研究中心
一只长颌带狸正在夜色的掩护下穿行在老挝南屯河自然保护区的密林之下,时至今日,我们对长颌带狸的了解仍处于起步阶段,这也使这一物种的保护工作存在诸多困难,但随着更多保护措施的稳步实行,这一濒危物种或将在不久的将来迎来新的希望。 ©Association Anoulak
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