First photographic documentation of avian egg predation by Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae)

Authors

  • Aritra Bhattacharya AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.
  • B.N. Achyutha AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.
  • Nandini Iyer AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.
  • Somaiah Sundarapandian AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.
  • Kuppusamy Sivakumar AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9423.16.12.26322-26324

Keywords:

Asian palm civet, documentation, eggs, Indian Robin, nest

Abstract

Asian Palm Civet is traditionally known to consume eggs. But scat analysis studies have not been able to show that. A photographic documentation of the Asian Palm Civet consuming eggs is reported for the first time from Pondicherry region.

Author Biographies

Aritra Bhattacharya, AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.

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B.N. Achyutha, AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.

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Nandini Iyer, AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.

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Somaiah Sundarapandian, AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.

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Kuppusamy Sivakumar, AVANI – PU Nature Club, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.

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26-12-2024

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Vol. 16 No. 12 (2024)

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