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| Sakaguchi, N.; Izawa, M. | |
| Felis iriomotensis | |
| 1992 Island Studies in Okinawa (10): 25-35 | |
The nine records of deaths of Iriomote cat, _Felis iriomotensis_, reported from April 1989 to mid-February 1992 were reviewed. Furthermore, stomach contents were analyzed on the five cats among them. Mortalities of these nine cats were composed of four by traffic accidents, one by drowning in crab trap, two by diseases and two by unknown causes. Mortalities by traffic accidents showed common characteristics; mainly males were killed in winter. These tendency agreed with the report by Sakaguchi et al. (1989). Males were considered to be in their rut and moved largely in theis season, which might be related to their high mortality by traffic accidents. The oriental pond frog, _Rana limnocharis limnocharis_ and the camel cricket, _Diestrammena_ sp. could be identified from the stomach contents of them. |
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