Abundance of roadkills along Jeli-Gerik road and Jeli-Rantau Panjang road.

Roadways is essential in all country. It function not just for connecting one place to
another but also important for socio-economic development of country. Although
roadways bring good things to human, but at the same time bring negative things to
nature such as forest fragmentation. When forest fragmented, it separates the animal
habitat from it sources of living. This will cause the animal to roam near the roads in.
The study is to identify the animal species that involves in roadkill and to compare the
abundance of roadkills between Jeli-Gerik and Jeli-Rantau Panjang roads. The method
was used to drive a car, with a speed of 50km / h. If there is a dead animal is detected,
the researchers took the picture of the animal as well as the coordinates of the area
where the animal was found. If there are dead animals in good condition, the animals
were brought back and preserved. The survey on both roads were conducted from
March until August 2016. There are 101 individuals consisting of 23 species were
recorded. The result showed that there were 19 species were killed on Jeli-Gerik road
such as Felix catus domesticus (Domestic Cat), Gallus gallus domesticus (Domestic
Chicken), Varanus salvator (Asian Water Monitor), Paradoxurus hermaphrodutus
(Common palm civet), Callosciurus canineps concolor (Grey-Bellied Squirrel), Boiga
nigriceps (Black-headed Cat Snake), Arctictis binturong (Binturong), Canis lupus
familiaris (Dog), Centropus sinensis (Greater Coucal), Dendrelaphis haasi (Haas’s
Bronzeback Snake), Niviventer spp (Rodent), Ahaetulla prasina (Oriental Whip
Snake), Owl, Malayopython reticulatus (Reticulated Phyton), Trachypithecus
cristatus (Silvered Leaf Monkey), Helarctos malayanus (Sun Bear), Duttaphrynus spp
(Toad), Sus scrofa (Wild boar) and Martes flavigula (Yellow-Throated Marten). While
11 species on Jeli-Rantau Panjang such as Felix catus domesticus (Cat), Gallus gallus
domesticus (Chicken), Varanus salvator (Asian Water monitor), Paradoxurus
hermaphrodutus (Common palm civet), Callosciurus canineps concolor (Grey-
Bellied Squirrel), Acridotheres tristis (Common Myna), Echinosorex gymnurus
(Moon Rat), Dremomys rufigenis (Red-cheeked Squirrel), Strix seloputo (Spotted
Wood Owl), Ovis spp (Sheep), Rhinosciurus laticaudatus (Shrew-faced Ground
Squirrel) and few others unknown species. The study of roadkill is important to
determine the species of animals available in the study area and population rate can be
tweaked for the particular animal species if the research is extended for the longer
period of time.