First photographic record of the Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) from the Barak Valley region of Assam, India

Authors

  • Rejoice Gassah The Makunda Christian Leprosy and General Hospital, Bazaricherra, Karimganj District, Assam 788727, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-941X
  • Vijay Anand Ismavel The Makunda Christian Leprosy and General Hospital, Bazaricherra, Karimganj District, Assam 788727, India. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2329-596X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6005.12.17.17383-17384

Keywords:

Atherurus macrourus, Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine, Barak Valley

Abstract

Reports the first photographic record of the Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine, Atherurus macrourus, from the Barak Valley of Assam, India. The rarest of India's three porcupine species, there is evidence of its presence only in other parts of northeastern India and neighboring countries.

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26-12-2020 — Updated on 28-12-2020

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Vol. 12 No. 17 (2020)

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