AKTIVITAS HARIAN RUSA TIMOR (Cervus timorensis) DI TAMAN MARGA SATWA TANDURUSA AERTEMBAGA, BITUNG-SULAWESI UTARA

Abstract

TIMOR DEER'S DAILY ACTIVITY (Cervus timorensis) AT THE AERTEMBAGA TANDURUSA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, BITUNG-NORTH SULAWESI. This study aims to describe the daily activities and behavior of Timor deer (Cervus timorensis) at the Tandurusa Wildlife Sanctuary in Aertembaga, Bitung City, North Sulawesi Province. This research was expected to provide information for the community and related agencies about the behavior in supporting the captive breeding business. This study used observation methods requiring direct observation of the field and using techniques Instantinous Animal Sampling. Observations were made 14 repetitions by observing daily activity in 1 minute intervals (60 seconds) on each data retrieval. The results of this study showed the daily feeding activity of Cervus timorensis with a percentage of 17.01% used 32.86 minutes in the morning and 37.86 minutes at noon and 51.79 minutes in the afternoon. The Cervus timorensis’ daily activity was dominated by rest activity with a percentage of 57.52% of total daily activity, divided in 143.57 minutes in the morning, 141.92 minutes at noon and 128.64 minutes in the afternoon. Social activity with a percentage of 18.31% of total spent time, divided in 46.78 minutes spent in the morning 44.5 minutes spent at noon and 40.57 minutes spent in the afternoon. Locomosi activity with a percentage of 7.15% of all time, divided into 16.78 minutes used in the morning 15.71 minutes used in the afternoon and 19 minutes used in the afternoon.

Keywords: Daily activity, Timor deer, Tandurusa Wildlife Sanctuary, North Sulawesi