New Record of Civets at Bharatpur, Chitwan and a Review of the Species Diversity in Nepal  

作　　者：Budhan Chaudhary Budhan Chaudhary(Birendra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal)

机构地区：[1]Birendra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal

出　　处：《Open Journal of Ecology》2021年第6期475-492,共18页生态学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：Civets are alluring nocturnal carnivores having variant external features with different coat colors, stripes and spots, carpal and metatarsal pads, closed or open peri-anal scent glands in both sexes which have great taxonomic value and make these animals acclimatize in a wide range of geographical landscapes from hilly areas to patchy gardens and thin forests of the low land (Terai) located in or near the human settlement areas. The range of Head Body Length (HBL) and Tail Length (TL) in <em>Paradoxurus </em>spp. and <em>Viverricula </em>spp. distinguishes civets from felids. The study of civets was carried out by direct observation and videos and/or photographs were taken in the sighted places with the record of geological coordinates as evidence. For the record of civets, four wards (<em>i.e.</em> 7, 10, 11 and 12) were selected from Bharatpur Metropolitan City by lottery methods from the purposively selected 15 wards out of 29. These selected wards were visited randomly once or upon call in a month riding on a motorbike at the speed of 10 to 20 kilometer per hour in average speed and was crossed 2400 kilometers during four years beginning from January, 2016 to December, 2019. As a result, 11 civets of three Species, six Subspecies and two genera (<em>i.e. Paradoxurus</em> spp. and<em> Viverricula</em> spp.) were recorded. Among these animals, four subspecies were from Paradoxurinae and two were from Viverrinae subfamilies. Likewise, <em>Paradoxurus jerdoni caniscus</em> were reported, 9.09% (n = 1);<em>Paradoxurus hermaphroditus minor</em>, 9.09% (n = 1);<em>Paradoxurus hermaphtoditus pallasii</em>, 54.55% (n = 6);<em>Paradoxurus hermaphroditus hermaphroditus</em>, 9.09% (n = 1);<em> Viverricula indica baptistae</em>, 9.09% (n = 1);and <em>Viverricula indica mayori</em>, 9.09% (n = 1). Conclusively, the first records of the civet Species and Subspecies from thin gardens of fruiting trees and human houses or settlement areas in the city of Bharatpur, Chitwan, have created a great field to explore ecology and Civets are alluring nocturnal carnivores having variant external features with different coat colors, stripes and spots, carpal and metatarsal pads, closed or open peri-anal scent glands in both sexes which have great taxonomic value and make these animals acclimatize in a wide range of geographical landscapes from hilly areas to patchy gardens and thin forests of the low land (Terai) located in or near the human settlement areas. The range of Head Body Length (HBL) and Tail Length (TL) in <em>Paradoxurus </em>spp. and <em>Viverricula </em>spp. distinguishes civets from felids. The study of civets was carried out by direct observation and videos and/or photographs were taken in the sighted places with the record of geological coordinates as evidence. For the record of civets, four wards (<em>i.e.</em> 7, 10, 11 and 12) were selected from Bharatpur Metropolitan City by lottery methods from the purposively selected 15 wards out of 29. These selected wards were visited randomly once or upon call in a month riding on a motorbike at the speed of 10 to 20 kilometer per hour in average speed and was crossed 2400 kilometers during four years beginning from January, 2016 to December, 2019. As a result, 11 civets of three Species, six Subspecies and two genera (<em>i.e. Paradoxurus</em> spp. and<em> Viverricula</em> spp.) were recorded. Among these animals, four subspecies were from Paradoxurinae and two were from Viverrinae subfamilies. Likewise, <em>Paradoxurus jerdoni caniscus</em> were reported, 9.09% (n = 1);<em>Paradoxurus hermaphroditus minor</em>, 9.09% (n = 1);<em>Paradoxurus hermaphtoditus pallasii</em>, 54.55% (n = 6);<em>Paradoxurus hermaphroditus hermaphroditus</em>, 9.09% (n = 1);<em> Viverricula indica baptistae</em>, 9.09% (n = 1);and <em>Viverricula indica mayori</em>, 9.09% (n = 1). Conclusively, the first records of the civet Species and Subspecies from thin gardens of fruiting trees and human houses or settlement areas in the city of Bharatpur, Chitwan, have created a great field to explore ecology and

关 键 词：CARNIVORES First Record MAMMALS MUSK Parasitic Zoonoses 

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