A review on status of mammals in Meghalaya, India

Lyngdoh, Adrian; Kumara, Honnavalli N.; Karunakaran, P. V.; Babu, Santhanakrishnan

doi:10.11609/jott.5192.11.15.14955-14970

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“…However, the best available sources of information [12,13,21,23] led us to focus on Meghalaya as a place that could have all three species. Checklists of the mammals in this state listed all three bear species, although the information again referred to old sources, with no recent verification [24,25]. The Chief Wildlife Warden of Meghalaya [26] directed us to Balpakram National Park as being a safe place to work and where local staff were willing to assist.…”

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Investigating Co-occurrence among Look-alike Species: The Case of Three Bears in Northeast India

Garshelis¹,

Dharaiya

Sharp³

et al. 2022

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At the most basic level, the assessment of a species’ status involves knowing where it occurs. Determining the presence of rare species is difficult, and can be further confounded by the presence of a more common look-alike species. We investigated one of the few places in the world where three species of bears have been reported to co-occur at a fine scale: Balpakram National Park, Meghalaya, India. Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) are fairly common, and we sought to determine whether sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) and/or sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) also resided there. The local Garo language has words for three types of bears, and some local people reported the continued presence of a small type of bear, possibly the sun bear, but the probable extirpation of sloth bears. Because these bears look somewhat alike, local people and government forest officers could not provide convincing accounts of the presence of more than one species. We measured claw marks on climbed trees, a method used to differentiate sun bears from Asiatic black bears where both are known to occur; however, this method turned out to be unreliable for detecting sun bears where their presence was unknown because sun bear-sized marks are not distinguishable from juvenile black bears. We recommend targeted camera trapping near recent purported sightings of the other two bear species.

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Section: Choice Of Study Sitementioning

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Investigating Co-occurrence among Look-alike Species: The Case of Three Bears in Northeast India

Garshelis¹,

Dharaiya

Sharp³

et al. 2022

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“…The book "Mammals of northeastern India" by Choudhury (2013) is the most valuable for the taxonomic and geographic distribution of the mammalian species in the region. Most recent records like distribution list of the bat fauna of Assam by Boro et al (2018), distribution of Mammals in the Indian Himalayan region by Kamalakannan et al (2018), mammals in Arunachal Pradesh by Kumar (2018), bat fauna of Meghalaya by Saikia et al (2018), mammalian fauna in Meghalaya by Lyngdoh et al (2019), review of the bacular morphology of some Indian bats by Srinivasulu et al (2020), and some other recent discovery of mammals in the region shows the importance to update the mammalian records of the region. In addition, taxonomic revisions especially of the lower mammalian orders are one of the reasons for updating of the checklist.…”

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Mammals of northeastern India: an updated checklist

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A systematic review was carried out to prepare a checklist of the mammalian species of northeastern India. The region is located between two prominent biodiversity hotspots, Himalaya and Indo-Burma. Though it is only 8% of the country, it supports almost half of the country’s total wild flora and fauna. Ongoing developmental activities such as the construction of roads, electrification, and mining in and around the wildlife habitats have threatened the survival of many species of wildlife. A lot of literature has been checked to understand the status and distribution of wildlife in the region and the present manuscript is prepared from existing literature. A total of 267 species representing 11 orders and 38 families from the region have been reported. A state-wise updated list of species along with their status as per IUCN, WPA (Wildlife Protection Act) of India, 1972 and CITES has been provided which is intended to serve as a baseline data for further research in mammalian fauna of the region.

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“…). The Meghalaya subtropical forest ecoregion covering the state of Meghalaya and the adjacent areas of Assam is recognized as one of the most species-diverse area in the Indomalayan region (Wikramanayake et al 2002) with more than 165 species of mammals (Rodgers & Panwar 1988;Das et al 1995;Saikia et al 2018); and a total of 162 species of mammals in Meghalaya State (Lyngdoh et al 2019). Meghalaya harbours numerous caves of which nearly a thousand have been scientifically explored and mapped during the "Caving in the Abode of the Clouds" project (Prokop & Arbenz 2015).…”

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Taxonomic and ecological notes on some poorly known bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Meghalaya, India

Saikia

Thabah²,

Rüedi

2020

J. Threat. Taxa

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The chiropteran diversity of Meghalaya State is very high with 65 reported species. Taxonomic and ecological information on many of these bat species, however, are scant or largely outdated. We reinforce the records on five poorly known bat species in Meghalaya, viz., Megaerops niphanae, Myotis pilosus, Kerivoula kachinensis, Miniopterus magnater, & Miniopterus pusillus, critically evaluate their taxonomic assignment, and provide detailed morphometric data for further comparisons. For three of these species, we also provide echolocation call data that are reported for the first time in India. Together, these new data highlight the need for a more robust and critical examination of the rich bat fauna existing in the foothills of the Himalaya.

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A review on status of mammals in Meghalaya, India

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Investigating Co-occurrence among Look-alike Species: The Case of Three Bears in Northeast India

Investigating Co-occurrence among Look-alike Species: The Case of Three Bears in Northeast India

Mammals of northeastern India: an updated checklist

Taxonomic and ecological notes on some poorly known bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Meghalaya, India

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