Open AccessPERILAKU HARIAN GAJAH SUMATERA (Elephas maximus sumatranus) DI ELEPHANT RESPON UNIT TAMAN NASIONAL WAY KAMBAS LAMPUNG
Author(s) -
Alponsus Alpiadi,
Erianto,
Hari Prayogo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jurnal hutan lestari/jurnal hutan lestari: jurnal penelitian kehutanan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2776-1754
pISSN - 2338-3127
DOI - 10.26418/jhl.v7i1.32749
Subject(s) - elephas , fauna , national park , biology , geography , forestry , ecology
Indonesia has a high wealth of flora and fauna, wealth is necessary guarded and preserved, one of the wealth fauna owned Indonesia is Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) . This study aims to record the daily behavior of Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Elephant Response Unit Way Kambas National Park Lampung. The method used is focal animal sampling. The method was chosen because it allows the observer to record any behavior that occurs suddenly and quickly by recording animal behavior at certain time intervals. The results obtained from six individual tame elephants that became objects named Karnangin, Aditya, Dona, Wulan, Elena, and Cory consisted of 13 daily behaviors which were dominated by eating. Daily behavior found differences on adult male elephants named Karnangin and Aditya commonly used for patrol activities and when not patrolling. Sumatran elephants need food availability like green plants in their habitat, because less perfect digestion of these animals requires very large amounts of food, 200 - 300 kg of biomass per day for each adult elephant tail or 5-10% of his body weight.Keywords: Daily Behavior, Focal Animal Sampling, Sumatran Elephants