Diurnal activity rhythms of captive Indian Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) at Malacca Zoo, Malacca, Malaysia

Abstract

A study was conducted on the diurnal activity rhythm of a captive population of barking deer, Munliacus muntjak. The study involved 8 (5.3) adult barking deer's as the subject, and was carried out at the 4068m2, fenced enclosure at Malacca Zoo, Malacca, Malaysia. Total time spent for each behaviour, which are the feeding, ruminating, resting and moving behaviour, in the diurnal period (0700 - 1900hr) was analysed from 30 continuous days of data collection. Scan sampling method was applied with an interval of 5 minutes.