Buaya Jejulong
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Buaya Jejulong Status konservasi: Terancam punah
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Tomistoma schlegelii (Müller, 1838) |
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Buaya Jejulong atau nama Inggerisnya Malayan gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) adalah reptilia air tawar, menyerupai buaya dengan muncung panjang tirus yang menyerupai gharial, dengan itu nama Inggerisnya.
Buaya Jejulong adalah tempatan bagi enam sistem sungai di Sumatra dan Malaysia. Ia turut di dapati di Borneo, Jawa, Vietnam, Thailand (Tidak kelihatan semenjak 1970) dan kemungkinannya di Sulawesi. Jumpaan fossil di China Selatan, menunjukkan pada satu ketika spesies ini terdapat di situ pada satu masa dahulu.
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The False gharial, like all other crocodilian species, lays eggs. However, due to lack of knowledge of its habits in the wild it is unknown when this species breeds and when is its nesting season. It is a mound nester. Females usually mature at 2-3 m. They lay a clutch of 30-60 eggs in a mound of dry leaves or peat. Unlike most other crocodilian species, the young receive no parental care and are at risk of being eaten by predators like wild boar, mongooses, big cats such as tigers and leopards, civets and wild dogs. The young hatch after 90 days and are left to fend for themselves.
From a morphological standpoint, it has long been classed in the family Crocodylidae; however, recent immunological studies have shown that it is more closely related to the gharial than was originally thought, and has been classed in the family Gavialidae.
The False gharial is threatened with extinction throughout most of its range due to the drainage of its freshwater swamplands and clearance of surrounding rainforests. The species is also hunted frequently for its skin and meat and the eggs are often harvested for human consumption. However positive steps have been taken by the Malaysian and Indonesian governments to prevent its extinction in the wild.
[Sunting] Rujukan
- Crocodile Specialist Group (2000). Tomistoma schlegelii. Senarai Merah IUCN 2006 untuk Spesies Terancam. IUCN 2006. Dimuat turun pada 09 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is endangered and the criteria usedms:Buaya Jejulung