Feeding Behavior of an Asian Water MonitorVaranus salvator macromaculatus on a Bornean Bearded PigSus barbatus barbatus Carcass

摘要

The Southeast Asian water monitor Varanus salvator is considered to be a generalistcarnivore. Here, we describe an observation of a V. s. macromaculatus feeding on a dead adultBornean bearded pig Sus barbatus barbatus in Borneo, and review other cases of V. salvator feedingon Sus species elsewhere in southeast Asia.