First report of the Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) from West Bengal­­­, India

Authors

  • Suraj Kumar Dash Department of Endangered Species Management, Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1269-1518
  • Abhisek Chettri Department of Endangered Species Management, Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.
  • Dipanjan Naha Department of Endangered Species Management, Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9588-4483
  • Sambandam Sathyakumar Department of Endangered Species Management, Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5950.13.1.17561-17563%20

Keywords:

rodent, distribution, Northeast India, semi-evergreen forest

Abstract

We report the western most distribution of the Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus (Thomas, 1921) in India.  An individual was photo captured in the semi-evergreen forests of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, northern West Bengal on the night of 28 January 2019.  It is a rare rodent species that is distributed in the northeastern states of India but was not reported from West Bengal. 

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26-01-2021 — Updated on 29-01-2021

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