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Figure 2.4i. From left to right: Egyptian spiny mouse Acomys cahirinus or A. russatus. Photo: M. Doherty. Sundevall’s jird Meriones crassus or M. arimalius, visiting the Bedu tent. Identification of both rodents with Hellyer & Aspinall (2005) and Nowak (1999). Photo: R. Bunce. Cape hare. Photo: R. Seipold. There were issues of misidentification that were a source of some dispute amongst the expedition team. These issues did not, however, compromise results because of stringent post-expedition data processing. Misidentification issues will be minimised in future by more time spent on training, as well as building and maintaining a library of reference material of scats and tracks, such as in Figs. 2.4j and 2.4k below. Figure 2.4j. Scats of ibex (left), hyrax (top) and gazelle (bottom right). Photo G. Kelly. 33 © Biosphere Expeditions www.biosphere-expeditions.org
Human presence Figure 2.4k. From left to right: Track of porcupine. Photo: M. Mazzolli. Tracks of ibex. Photo: N. Munzert. Tracks of gazelle. Photo: M. Adlington. Although there was no indication of hunting of leopards, it was a general consensus during interviews (Fig. 2.4l) that leopards had been a problem in the past for the herders. It was also a consensus that leopards are no longer a problem, even though it was mentioned that herds are still maintained in the same areas as they were in the past. This information corroborates that leopards have lost part of their historical distribution in the area. Figure 2.4l. Interviews with local people with one of them demonstrating his knowledge of leopards by drawing a track (right). Photos: C. Mahoney. 34 © Biosphere Expeditions www.biosphere-expeditions.org
Page 1 and 2: EXPEDITION REPORT Expedition dates:
Page 3 and 4: Abstract The Arabian leopard Panthe
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Page 7 and 8: 1.2. Research Area 6 © Biosphere E
Page 9 and 10: 1.3. Dates The expedition ran over
Page 11 and 12: Khalid Mohammed al Hikmani, assista
Page 13 and 14: 1.9. Acknowledgements This study wa
Page 15 and 16: The Dhofar mountains are considered
Page 17 and 18: Further networking and partnerships
Page 19 and 20: A preliminary camera trap assessmen
Page 21 and 22: Training Training included an intro
Page 23 and 24: Ridges were reached by climbing up
Page 25 and 26: Figure 2.3j. Team overnighting in a
Page 27 and 28: When the survey teams returned from
Page 29 and 30: Table 2.4a. Coordinates of leopard
Page 31 and 32: Figure 2.4d. Distribution of specie
Page 33: Hyrax colonies were seen frequently
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Page 39 and 40: community would have the chance of
Page 41 and 42: 2.7. Literature Cited Anon. (1997)
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