16 articles in this issue
Michael Hoffmann, Alexei Abramov, Hoang Minh Duc, Le Trong Trai, Barney Long, An Nguyen, Nguyen Truong Son, Ben Rawson, Robert Timmins, Tran Van Bang, Daniel Willcox
Four species of wild canids are documented as occurring in Vietnam: Dhole Cuon alpinus, Eurasian Golden Jackal Canis aureus, Red Fox Vulpes vulpes and Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes procyonoides. Except for Dhole, all species are widely distributed globall... see more
Kangaraj Muthamizh Selvan, Bawa Mothilal Krishnakumar, Pasiyappazham Ramasamy, Thangadurai Thinesh
Sympatric and similar body-sized species exhibit interspecific competition for resources. The present study investigated diel activity of five meso-carnivore species (Canis aureus, Felis chaus, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, Viverricula indica, and Her... see more
Derek Andrew Rosenfield, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto
As the human population continues to grow, habitat for wildlife shrinks, driving fauna either into extinction or into new habitats, which can create new problems. In Brazil, the Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris has become a pest by invading urban ... see more
Moe Moe Aung; Than Than Htay
The diet of Indian Flying Fox Pteropus giganteus in southern Myanmar was analyzed from June 2017 to April 2018. Food resources were identified by collecting faeces, food remnants, and rejecta pellets beneath day roosts. Pteropus giganteus cons... see more
Anisur Rahman, Parthankar Choudhury
Ectoparasites of bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), with a description of three species of of which two belong to order Mesostigmata (family: Ameroseiidae and Macronyssidae) and one belong to order Ixodida (family: Ixodidae), from northeastern India are dis... see more
Manokaran Kamalakannan, Paingamadathil Ommer Nameer
A checklist of mammals of Tamil Nadu State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Tamil, IUCN conservation status, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, the appendices in the CITES, ende... see more
Andrea R.M. D’Souza, Irvathur Krishnananda Pai
The present study was carried out to fill the lacuna in the understanding of the diversity of odonates of Goa in general and dragonflies in particular on plateau and paddy fields in coastal villages—agricultural area at Velsao and Taleigao Plateau. ... see more
Jatishwor Singh Irungbam, Meenakshi Jatishwor Irungbam
An annotated checklist of the superfamily Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) of Bhutan is given, including three taxa of the family Bombycidae, two of Brahmaeidae, four of Endromidae, 12 of Eupterotidae, 37 of Saturniidae, and 93 of Sphingidae. Among these, ... see more
Trishna Rayamajhi, Saneer Lamichhane, Aashish Gurung, Pramod Raj Regmi, Chiranjibi Prasad Pokheral, Babu Ram Lamichhane
The systematic study in 2015 and 2016 documented the first camera trap image of the Crab-eating Mongoose Herpestes urva in Barandabhar Corridor Forest in Chitwan, Nepal. The corridor was divided into 88 grids, each of 1km by 1km. A pair of cam... see more
Tawqir Bashir, Tapajit Bhattacharya, Kamal Poudyal, Sambandam Sathyakumar
The Red Panda Ailurus fulgens (Cuvier, 1825) is recognized as one of the most elusive arboreal carnivores of the eastern Himalaya that is poorly documented. We report the first camera trap record of the Red Panda from the Prek catchment of Khangchen... see more
Noor Fatima, Ansa Tamkeen, Muhammad Asghar Hassan
A new record is added to the black scavenger fly fauna of Pakistan by the reporting of Meroplius minutus (Wiedemann, 1830), a rare species from Rawalakot, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. The genus is also a new record for the country. Diagnost... see more
Ashutosh Sharma, Nidhan Singh, Wojciech Adamowski
Impatiens scullyi Hook.f. is reported here as a new record for India as well as for the western Himalaya from Kullu and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh. To facilitate its identification, detailed description along with colour images are provided... see more
Subrta Debata, Sharat Kumar Palita
We present the first report on the occurrence of a free-tailed bat from Similipal Biosphere Reserve in Odisha, eastern India. Although the examined individual was a pup that was only a few days old and hence species identity could not be ascertained... see more
Umeshkumar Lalchand Tiwari
The paper highlights the occurrence of five angiosperm species in Arunachal Pradesh in India, namely Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn., Lindenbergia grandiflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Benth., Balanophora polyandra Griff., Maoutia puya (Hook... see more
Johny Kumar Tagore, Ponnaiah Jansirani, Sebastian Soosairaj
The present paper deals with the collection of Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms (Pontederiaceae) and Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Roscoe (Zingiberaceae) from South and Little Andaman Islands, constituting new records for the flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islan... see more
Shrikant Ingalhalikar, Adittya Vishwanath Dharap
Trigonella uncata Boiss. & Noë (Leguminosae) was recently collected from Pune District of Maharashtra State, which is a range extension of the species in peninsular India and a new record for the state. Description, images, and notes are provided to... see more