Welcome to the Malaysia Carnivore Project: a long-term field study investigating the ecology of carnivore species on Peninsular Malaysia.

Peninsular Malaysia supports an extraordinary diversity of carnivores; 30 species have been recorded, including wildcats, bears, civets, otters and mongooses. Many of these species are now threatened with extinction and yet we know very little about their ecology.Without this information we cannot implement effective conservation strategies to ensure their survival.

We are an international scientific team dedicated to the conservation of Asian carnivore species. Working within Krau Wildlife Reserve, our aim is to increase the knowledge base of Malaysian carnivores using various field methods such as live-trapping, camera-trapping and radio-telemetry.

Follow the links to find out more about this crucial project and Malaysian carnivores. Information about the fieldwork is posted on the In the Field webpage. For further details about this study, please contact the project leader Andy Jennings: smallcarnivores@yahoo.com

This is a collaborative project between the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Bangi, Malaysia) and PERHILITAN (Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Malaysia).

Banner and Logo design by Lynne Cullen. Photo credits: Peter Cromer, N.Tomalin, Mark Kostich, Warren Gars, and Stefano Unterthiner.