Book Description

Threatened Mammals of India: Ecology and Management is an attempt to compile various aspects of morphology, ecology and behaviour of several threatened mammals found in India and are considered to be important from conservation point of view. This book also depicts their distribution, threats and present conservation status along with colour photographs and illustrations for their better management in the wild as well as creating mass awareness regarding our rich wildlife heritage, the plight of these threatened species and most importantly indicating the role of common people for their successful conservation. This guide is ment to serve as an important resource for students, academicians, naturalists, wildlife activists as well as any person having interest in the field of wildlife conservation. A distinctly separate chapter on Wildlife Conservation: Indian intiative has been incorporated which summarizes the available information and Indian efforts towards wildlife conservation. Contents Critically Endangered; Chapter 1: Pygmy Hog Sus salvanius (Hodgson); Chapter 2: Asiatic Lion Panthera leo persica (Meyer); Chapter 3: Malabar Large-spotted Civet Viverra civettina (Blyth); Endangered; Chapter 4: Lion -Tailed Macaque Macaca silenus (Linnaeus); Chapter 5: Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei (Khajuria); Chapter 6: Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileatus (Blyth); Chapter 7: Hoolock Gibbon Bunopithecus hoolock (Harlan); Chapter 8: Tibetan Antelope or Chiru Pantholops hodgsomii (Abel); Chapter 9: Nilgiri Tahr Hemitragus hylocrius (Ogilby); Chapter 10: Markhor Capra falconeri (Wagner); Chapter 11: Asiatic Wild Buffalo Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus); Chapter 12: Greater One-horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis (Linnaeus); Chapter 13: Asian Elephant Elephas maximus Linnaeus; Chapter 14: Slender Loris Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus); Chapter 15: Red Panda Ailurus fulgens (Cuvier); Chapter 16: Asiatic Wild Dog or Dhole Cuon alpinus (Pallas); Chapter 17: Tiger Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus); Chapter 18: Snow Leopard Uncia uncia (Schreber); Chapter 19: Hispid Hare Caprolagus hispidus (Person); Chapter 20: Gangetic Dolphin Platunista gangetica (Roxburgh); Vulnerable; Chapter 21: Brow-antlered Deer or Sangai Cervus eldii eldii (M Clelland); Chapter 22: Swamp Deer or Barasingha Cervus duvaucelii (G Cuvier); Chapter 23: Urial or Shapu Ovis orientalis (Gmelin); Chapter 24: Indian Bison or Gaur Bos gaurus (H Smith); Chapter 25: Wild Yak Bos mutus (Przewalski); Chapter 26: Asiatic Wild Ass Equus onager khur (Lesson); Chapter 27: Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus (Shaw); Chapter 28: Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith); Chapter 29: Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii (Vigors and Horsfield); Chapter 30: Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett); Chapter 31: Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica (Erxleben); Near Threatened and Lower Rick; Chapter 32: Indian Antilope or Blackbuck Antelope Cervicapra (Linnaeus); Chapter 33: Blue Sheep or Bharal Pseudois nayaur (Hodgson); Chapter 34: Himalayan Musk Deer Moschus chrysogaster (Hodgson); Chapter 35: Himalayan Brown Bear Ursus arctos (Horsfield); Chapter 36: Leopard Panthera pardus (Linnaeus)