First photographic evidence of the Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) in Raimona National Park, Assam, India

Authors

  • Dipankar Lahkar Aaranyak, 13, Tayab Ali Bi–lane, Bishnu Rabha Path, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India.
  • M. Firoz Ahmed Aaranyak, 13, Tayab Ali Bi–lane, Bishnu Rabha Path, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2652-1360
  • Bhanu Sinha Kachugaon Forest Division, Forest Department of Assam, Government of Assam, Assam 783350, India.
  • Pranjal Talukdar Kachugaon Forest Division, Forest Department of Assam, Government of Assam, Assam 783350, India.
  • Biswajit Basumatary Kachugaon Forest Division, Forest Department of Assam, Government of Assam, Assam 783350, India.
  • Tunu Basumatary Green Forest Conservation, Kachugaon, Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam 783360, India.
  • Ramie H. Begum Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University (Diphu campus), Diphu, Karbi Anglong, Assam 782462, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7076-7643
  • Nibir Medhi Aaranyak, 13, Tayab Ali Bi–lane, Bishnu Rabha Path, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5188-4104
  • Nitul Kalita Aaranyak, 13, Tayab Ali Bi–lane, Bishnu Rabha Path, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8271-8746
  • Abishek Harihar Panthera https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2446-6345

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9031.16.11.26176-26179

Keywords:

Raimona national Park, Chinese Pangolin, Camera trapping, Mammalia, Manidae

Abstract

The first photographic evidence of the ‘Critically Endangered’ Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla in the Raimona National Park (RNP), Assam is presented. Three independent photo-captures of Chinese Pangolin were recorded, two on 30 January 2022 at 1213 h and 0239 h, and on 28 February 2022 at 0412 h at the Ranganadi area, at an elevation of 166 m, located in the western range (Raimona) of RNP, Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), Assam. The photographs were obtained during the annual camera trapping surveys conducted between 12 November 2021 and 19 May 2022.

Author Biographies

Dipankar Lahkar, Aaranyak, 13, Tayab Ali Bi–lane, Bishnu Rabha Path, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India.

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M. Firoz Ahmed, Aaranyak, 13, Tayab Ali Bi–lane, Bishnu Rabha Path, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India.

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Bhanu Sinha, Kachugaon Forest Division, Forest Department of Assam, Government of Assam, Assam 783350, India.

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Pranjal Talukdar, Kachugaon Forest Division, Forest Department of Assam, Government of Assam, Assam 783350, India.

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Biswajit Basumatary, Kachugaon Forest Division, Forest Department of Assam, Government of Assam, Assam 783350, India.

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Tunu Basumatary, Green Forest Conservation, Kachugaon, Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam 783360, India.

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Ramie H. Begum, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University (Diphu campus), Diphu, Karbi Anglong, Assam 782462, India.

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Nibir Medhi, Aaranyak, 13, Tayab Ali Bi–lane, Bishnu Rabha Path, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India.

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Nitul Kalita, Aaranyak, 13, Tayab Ali Bi–lane, Bishnu Rabha Path, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India.

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Abishek Harihar, Panthera

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26-11-2024

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