An updated checklist of mammals of Odisha, India

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Subrat Debata
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8296-1734
Himanshu Shekhar Palei
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7783-7587

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Based on available literature and field surveys, an updated checklist of mammals of Odisha State is presented in this communication.  Their updated scientific binomen, IUCN status, Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, CITES appendices, and last reported sighting of each species in Odisha are also given.  Odisha has around 102 species of mammals under 34 families and 12 orders, among which 27 species have been included under the different threatened categories of the IUCN Red List. 

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