Diet Composition and Overlap of Two Mesocarnivores, Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) and Javan Mongoose (Urva javanica), in Java, Indonesia

Dietary study of carnivores has garnered a great deal attention for very long time since it provides information comprehending ecological processes and tracking the economic effects animals on food production. Few studies reported alternative prey that is detrimental to production, such as rodents insects, in addition numerous livestock predation. Therefore, this aims provide diet composition overlap two mesocarnivore species, Javan mongoose (Urva javanica) leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), Java, Indonesia. The macroscopic observation technique was applied identifying remnants found 90 feces 100 collected 2018. Twenty three 21 taxa were feces. Rodentia most frequent both followed by Galliformes. Insects comprised majority items but at low frequencies. Two mesocarnivores specialists (Levin’s index cat: 0.08; mongoose: 0.26) with fairly high (Pianka’s = 0.78). results provided compelling evidence positive negative impacts production Java.