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Image 1. Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti at Yemmegaddepala, BR Hills on 09.x.2006 (Photo: Kalyan Varma) |
Image 2. Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti coming down a Terminalia tree
at K Gudi, BR Hills on 10.xii.2006
(Photo: Sainath Vellal)
Image 3. Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti seen foraging under the
bark of a dead tree
bark at Durgur Road, BR Hills on
24.ix.2008 (Photo: Giri
Cavale)
Table 1: Sighting details of Madras Tree Shrew Anathana
ellioti from BR Hills, Karnataka
|
Sl. |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Habitat |
Altitude |
No. |
Observers |
|
01 |
01/06/2003 |
c.10.00am |
Basavanakadu |
Lantana in DDF |
c.1000m |
01 |
US, PNS |
|
02 |
16/01/2004 |
c.11.45am |
Basavanakadu |
Stream-bed,
DDF |
c.1000m |
01 |
LS, PNS |
|
03 |
31/01/2004 |
c.11.45am |
Basavanakadu |
Stream-bed,
DDF |
c.1000m |
02 |
PNS,US |
|
04 |
18/06/2006 |
c.05.15pm |
Malki Betta |
DDF/Grassland |
c.1300m |
01 |
US |
|
05 |
09/10/2006 |
c.11.00am |
Yemmegadde
Pala* |
Lantana in DDF |
c.1000m |
01 |
KV |
|
06 |
10/12/2006 |
c. 10.00am |
K Gudi* |
MDF |
c.1100m |
01 |
SV |
|
07 |
21/12/2006 |
c.08.30am |
Durgur road |
MDF |
c.1100m |
02 |
SK |
|
08 |
25/02/2007 |
c. 3.00pm |
Hosaholla |
Lantana in DDF |
c.1200m |
01 |
US |
|
09 |
24/09/2008 |
c. 8.30 am |
Durgur Road |
MDF |
c.1100m |
01 |
DM, GC, PNS,
PR, Th |
DDF - Dry Deciduous Forest; MDF - Moist Deciduous Forest; DM - Dilan
Mandanna; GC - Giri Cavale; KV - Kalyan Varma; LS - L. Shyamal; PNS - Prashanth
N.S.; PR - Philip Ross; SK - S. Karthikeyan; SV - Sainath Vellal; Th - Thapa;
US - Umesh Srinivasan)
* Photographs by Kalyan Varma; Sainath Vellal No. refers to the
number of individuals of the species sighted; details of time of sighting and
altitude of location are approximate.
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Figure 1:
Current distribution of the Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti. Based on published records in George (1989),
Shrivastava (1995), Pradhan (1997), Tiwari et al. (2002), Srinivasulu et al.
(2004) and Chakraborty (2005). |
Figure 2:
Locations of sightings of Madras Tree Shrew Anathana
ellioti in BR Hills. The numbers refer to the sighting locations in Table
1. Inset shows the location of BR Hills in southern India
Map credits:
Google Maps through India Biodiversity Portal
(http://indiabiodiversityportal.org)