First photographic evidence and distribution of the Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata (Mammalia: Pholidota: Manidae) in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India
| Autor: | N. Gokulakannan, Saket Agasti, K. Aditya, Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj, Hemant Singh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
biology Tiger business.industry Pangolin Zoology Distribution (economics) Pholidota Management Monitoring Policy and Law biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Geography Animal Science and Zoology Manis crassicaudata business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 010606 plant biology & botany Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13:18888-18893 |
| ISSN: | 0974-7907 0974-7893 |
| DOI: | 10.11609/jott.6290.13.7.18888-18893 |
| Popis: | The Indian Pangolin, although considered to be widely distributed due to its elusive nature and low detection probability its status and distribution records are very limited. Rampant hunting for local consumption, and illegal wildlife trade for medicinal and ornamental purposes has pushed the species towards serious decline. Herein, we report the first photographic records of the Indian Pangolin in Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), Rajasthan, India. During our camera trapping study from June 2018 to April 2019, out of 29,220 camera trapping nights the species was recorded on four occasions, at two different locations in STR. The species was recorded in the open forest areas near natural water bodies situated in the middle of dense Anogeissus pendula forests. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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