Stay awhile in my burrow! Interspecific associations of vertebrates to Indian crested porcupine burrows

Mukherjee, Aditi; Pal, Arijit; Velankar, Avadhoot D.; Kumara, Honnavalli N.; Bhupathy, S.

doi:10.1080/03949370.2019.1594392

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“…Results obtained in this investigation also show that the presence of porcupettes does not affect the selection of settlements for inhabitation by crested porcupine. In Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) the internal architecture of the burrow as well as the settlements use by other burrow dwelling vertebrates has been reported to affect settlement occupancy 31,32 . Although in crested porcupine the birth of porcupettes occurs indifferently in both settlements, the above factors may still have a role in the selection of the settlements by the breeding female and further investigation is needed.…”

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Spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by Hystrix cristata L., 1758

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Settlements are usually shared at different times by semi-fossorial mammals. Porcupine reproductive pair shows high den-site fidelity, but no data are available on the spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements. In this investigation, the spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by crested porcupine families was investigated using camera-trapping as well as the ethological factors affecting the settlements selection. The crested porcupine resulted to be the main inhabitant of settlements surveyed in the present study. Each settlement was inhabited exclusively by one porcupine family. Five out of six porcupine families, each alternatively and complementarily inhabited the same two settlements. In all the five monitored families, settlements selection doesn’t follow a seasonal pattern. Settlement inhabitation of porcupines resulted positively affected by cohabitation with badger, while presence of porcupettes did not affect settlements selection. Long periods of settlement inhabitation were positively affected both by the presence of porcupettes and cohabitation with badger. The pattern of settlements inhabitation in relation to their availability and porcupine population density as well as factors promoting porcupine-badger cohabitation should be further investigated. New ethological knowledge obtained in this investigation could be involved in the evaluation of the ecological epidemiology of infectious diseases between porcupine and badger within a one health approach and may be a useful tool for a sustainable management of semi-fossorial mammals.

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Spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by Hystrix cristata L., 1758

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“…Similarly, although encounters of snakes with both New and Old World porcupines may be frequent and some are lethal, it may be difficult to separate predation attempts from defensive strikes (reviewed by Duarte, 2003;Forti et al, 2018). Indian rock pythons (Python molurus) with Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) spines in their bodies may have died due to antagonistic behaviours when using the same burrows (Bhupathy, Ramesh & Bahuguna, 2014;Mukherjee et al, 2019). (3) Feeding stages…”

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Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes

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The advanced snakes (Alethinophidia) include the extant snakes with a highly evolved head morphology providing increased gape and jaw flexibility. Along with other physiological and morphological adaptations, this allows them to immobilize, ingest, and transport prey that may be disproportionately large or presents danger to the predator from bites, teeth, horns, or spines. Reported incidents of snakes failing to consume prey and being injured or killed during feeding mostly reflect information in the form of natural‐history notes. Here we provide the first extensive review of such incidents, including 101 publications describing at least 143 cases of mortality (including six of ‘multiple individuals’) caused by ingestion or attempted consumption of injurious prey. We also report on 15 previously unpublished injurious feeding incidents from the USA, Austria, and Bulgaria, including mortality of five juvenile piscivorous dice snakes (Natrix tessellata) from a single location. Occurrences are spread across taxa, with mortality documented for at least 73 species from eight families and 45 genera. Incidents were generally well represented within each of three major categories: oversized prey (40.6%), potentially harmful prey (40.6%), and predator's behavioural/mechanical errors (18.9%). Reptile (33%) and fish (26%) prey caused disproportionately high mortality compared to mammals (16%). Feeding can be dangerous throughout a snake's life, with the later stages of feeding likely being more perilous. The number of reports has increased over time, and the data seem biased towards localities with a higher number of field‐working herpetologists. We propose a standardized framework, comprising a set of basic information that should ideally be collected and published, and which could be useful as a template for future data collection, reporting, and analyses. We conclude that incidents of mortality during feeding are likely to be more common than previously assumed, and this hypothesis has implications for the ecology of persistence where populations are impacted by changing trophic environments.

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“…The excavations created by bioturbator mammals provide important refuge habitat for many other animal species, from invertebrates to vertebrates (Davidson et al 2012, Šklíba et al 2016, Hofstede & Dziminski 2017, Mukherjee et al 2019). For example, the semi‐fossorial giant armadillo Priodontes maximus in South America creates large temporary or more complex permanent burrows that are used by more than 50 species, including mammals, birds, and reptiles, after abandonment (Desbiez & Kluyber 2013).…”

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Ecosystem roles and conservation status of bioturbator mammals

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1. The action of biological reworking of soils is referred to as bioturbation, and many species of mammals globally have an important role in soil disturbance, modifying ecosystem characteristics. 2. We examined global patterns in the distribution, conservation status, and threats to the world's bioturbator mammals and illustrated the relevant roles these species play in ecosystem engineering related to soil processes and services. We searched the data available on 3932 non-flying land-dwelling mammals included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List. 3. Using existing literature and online databases, we determined that 869 (22%) of the non-flying land-dwelling mammals accessed can be considered as bioturbators in three distinct groups: foragers (n = 123), semi-fossorial species (n = 652), and strictly fossorial species (n = 94). Of the world's bioturbator mammal species, 16% are threatened, 2% are already Extinct, and 8% are classified as Data Deficient. Foragers have the highest percentage of threatened (35%) and Extinct (5%) species, while strictly fossorial species have the highest percentage of Data Deficient species (12%). Although the majority of bioturbator mammal species are found in Asia (32%), Oceania is the continent with the highest percentage of threatened (27%) and Extinct (11%) bioturbator species, while Central and South America have the highest percentage of species classified as Data Deficient (24%). The threats experienced by the greatest number of bioturbator mammal species are activities related to agriculture and aquaculture (29%), and biological resource use (22%). 4. Soil bioturbation can improve ecosystem health by reducing soil compaction, increasing nutrient cycling, soil moisture, microbe diversity, plant recruitment, and carbon storage. The loss of bioturbator mammals could trigger cascading effects throughout the ecosystems they inhabit. A better understanding of their conservation status is important so that effective conservation measures can be developed.

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Stay awhile in my burrow! Interspecific associations of vertebrates to Indian crested porcupine burrows

Cited by 10 publications

References 44 publications

Spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by Hystrix cristata L., 1758

Spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by Hystrix cristata L., 1758

Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes

Ecosystem roles and conservation status of bioturbator mammals

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