Journal of Threatened Taxa  

Jagan Nath Adhikari, Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Tej Bahadur Thapa

Factors affecting diversity and distribution of globally threatened birds were studied by dividing Chitwan National Park (CNP) into five study blocks consisting of 17 birding routes.  CNP provides major habitats for the feeding and breeding of a larg... see more

Edward Debrah Wiafe

Primate species are not widely explored in Ghana’s savannah ecosystems.  We report data on encounter rates and group sizes of primates at the Mole National Park in Ghana.  Forty transects, each of 5km length, were randomly laid in the park for t... see more

Devavrat Pawar, Howard P. Nelson, Divya R.L. Pawar, Sarika Khanwilkar

Reliable population estimate of apex predators, such as the Leopard Panthera pardus fusca, is important as they indicate ecosystem health, enable evaluation of the effectiveness of conservation efforts and provide a benchmark for future management decisio... see more

Tamilselvan Siva, Periyasamy Neelanarayanan, Vaidyula Vasudeva Rao

The diet of the Indian Eagle Owl was studied from April to September 2017 in Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu, India.  Analysis of 1082 regurgitated pellets yielded 2077 prey items; the mean prey items/ pellet was 1.91.  The diet constituted ... see more

Jephte Sompud, Cynthia Boon Sompud, Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei, Nick Ching-Min Sun, Rimi Repin, Fred Tuh

The Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica is naturally present in Gaya Island, Sabah, but its population status is largely unknown.  Results from a recent survey using camera traps indicated the presence of a few individuals, who were strictly nocturnal.&nbs... see more

Abdulhadi Aloufi, Ehab Eid

A study on Blanford’s Fox was conducted from Tabuk Province, a poorly studied area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), from December 2015 until May 2016.  This study adds to our knowledge, where two survey methods were used, which are the live trap... see more

Randall Arguedas, Marcruz Guevara-Soto, Jorge Rojas-Jiménez

An external mass was observed on the ear of a free-ranging Baird’s Tapir Tapirus bairdii.  The mass was surgically removed under general anesthesia and was histopathologically identified as sebaceous gland adenoma. Hematological and biochemical analy... see more

Janani Sagadevan, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh, Nitesh Anandan, Raveen Rajasingh

We report the Banded Racer Argyrogena fasciolata from the Coromandel Coast in peninsular India, where its occurrence remained doubtful.  This is based on four specimens—two live, uncollected ones from Tambaram and Auroville, respectively, and two pre... see more

Sankarappan Anbalagan, Suruliyandi Vijayan, Chellapandian Balachandran, Sundaram Dinakaran

Simulium (Simulium) yanaense sp. nov. is described based on the male, larva, and pupa.  It is characterized by having a maxillary palp with a small sensory vesicle, and the subcosta and basal portion of the radius bare in the male; the gill with 10 s... see more

Arun Pratap Singh, Kalpana Bahuguna, Gaurav Chand Ramola

The paper provides information on the life history stages of 12 species of Lepidoptera recorded for the first time feeding on Ban Oak Quercus leucotrichophora in Garhwal Himalaya, supported by images along with their distribution range and host plants rec... see more

Geetha Iyer, Ian James Kitching

Kanyakumari District is situated at the southernmost tip of peninsular India in Tamil Nadu State and is bounded by the Western Ghats and the coasts of three seas.  There are no detailed historical records of the moths of this region, which, before In... see more

Sujit Mondal, Shyamal K. Basu, Monoranjan Chowdhury

Calamus pseudoerectus (Arecaceae or Palmae), a new species of rattan from the hilly slopes of Mukti and Mahananda rivers at Darjeeling District of West Bengal in the eastern Indian Himalaya, is described and illustrated.  This species closely resembl... see more

Yadvinder Singh, Rai Singh

A total of 31 species of weeds belonging to 11 families was collected from rice fields in Fatehgarh District of Punjab between June and November 2017.  Of the 31 species, 15 were dicots and 16 were monocots.  Of the 11 families, six (Portulacace... see more

Vardhan Patankar, Tanmay Wagh, Zoya Tyabji

Documenting phenologic events is crucial in obtaining deeper insights into the life cycle of seagrasses.  We documented and compared the flowering and fruiting of the seagrass Enhalus acoroides from multispecies seagrass meadows at two sites, Henry L... see more

Pritha Dey, Sanjay Sondhi

Reporting the range extension of Agnidra vinacea (Moore, 1879) from eastern Himalayas to Uttarakhand, western Himalayas.  The individuals of the species were documented from western Himalayas by both opportunistic sighting and light-trapping method b... see more

Urbashi Pradhan, M. Soubadra Devy

Sikkim Mandarin Orange is a major cash crop of Sikkim with more than 12,000 farming families dependent upon it directly.  With increasing scientific records of positive contribution of pollinators in crop yield, an understanding of major pollinators ... see more

S. Suresh Ramanan, Lalit Upadhyay

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