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Occurrence of mammalian small carnivores in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India

Authors

  • A. Venkatesh Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, NGO ‘A’ Colony, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627007, India.
  • N. Sridharan Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, NGO ‘A’ Colony, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627007, India.
  • S. Agnes Jeya Packiavathi Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, NGO ‘A’ Colony, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627007, India.
  • K. Muthamizh Selvan Project Elephant Division, Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi 110003, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4960-7693

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3670.13.3.17984-17989

Keywords:

Smaller mammals, lesser carnivores, KMTR, Camera trapping

Abstract

The small mammalian carnivores are important for maintaining healthy ecosystems.  The present documentation is based on the camera trap survey in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu.  Paired camera-traps were set in a grid of 1.413 × 1.413 km area of 180km² within an altitudinal range of 80–1,866 m.  A total of 11 species were recorded in different habitat types.  Brown Palm Civet Paradoxurus jerdoni and Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis had the highest capture rates and the lowest was Rusty Spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus.

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26-03-2021

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Vol. 13 No. 3 (2021)

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