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Small Mammal Mail Small Mammal Mail Newsletter celebrating the most useful yet most neglected Mammals for CCINSA & RISCINSA -- Chiroptera, Rodentia, Insectivora, & Scandentia Conservation and Information Networks of South Asia Volume 4 Number 1 ISSN 2230-7087 February 2012 Contents Members Small Mammal Field Techniques Training, Thrissur, Kerala, B.A. Daniel and P.O. Nameer, Pp. 2- 5 CCINSA Members since Jun 2011 Ms. Sajida Noureen, Student, PMAS Arid The Nilgiri striped squirrel (Funambulus Agri. Univ., Rawalpinid, Pakistan sublineatus), and the Dusky striped squirrel Dr. Kalesh Sadasivan, PRO [email protected] (Funambulus obscurus), two additions to the endemic mammal fauna of India and Sri Lanka, Travancore Natural History Society, Rajith Dissanayake, Pp. 6-7 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Mr. Sushil Kumar Barolia, Research [email protected] Scholar, M.L.S University, Udaipur, New site records of the Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa Rajasthan. [email protected] indica and the Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti (Mammalia, Rodentia and Scandentia) from the Mrs. Shagufta Nighat, Lecturer & PhD Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Andhra Scholar, PMAS Arid Agri. Univ. Mr. Md. Nurul Islam, Student, Pradesh, Aditya Srinivasulu and C. Srinivasulu, Pp. Rawalpindi, Pakistan Chittagong Vet. & Animal Sci. Univ., 8-9 [email protected] Chittagong, Bangladesh Analysis of tree - Grizzled Squirrel interactions and [email protected], guidelines for the maintenance of Endangered Mr. Naeem Akhtar, Student Ratufa macroura, in the Srivilliputhur Grizzled PMAS Arid Agri. Univ., Rawalpindi, RISCINSA Members since Feb2011 Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary, Juliet Vanitharani and Kavitha Bharathi B, Pp. 10-14 Pakistan. [email protected] Mr. K.L.N. Murthy, Prog. Officer, Centre Abstract: A New Distribution Record of the Ms. Rabia Zaman Bhatti, Student, for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, Japanese Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1840); Mammalia, Chiroptera) in India, PMAS Arid Agri. Univ., Rawalpindi, Gujarat Bhargavi Srinivasulu, Chelmala Srinivasulu, Pakistan. [email protected] [email protected], Harpreet Kaur and Aditya Srinivasulu, P. 14 Ms. Sara Zafar, Student Mrs. M.S. Vidia Panicker, Asso. Prof., Diet and Feeding (from Bats in Captivity), Susan M. Barnard, Pp. 15-20 PMAS Arid Agri. Univ., Rawalpindi, Sree Narayana College, Pakistan. [email protected] Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Rearing Insects for Bat Food, Susan M. Barnard, [email protected] Pp. 21-31 Dr. Muhammad Sajid Nadeem, Asst. Community Based Bat Conservation in Tanahun Prof., PMAS Arid Agri. Univ. Ms. Saba Yasmin, Student, PMAS Arid District of Western Nepal, Laxmi Karki, Pp. 32-34 Rawalpinidi, Pakistan Agri. Univ., Rawalpindi, Pakistan [email protected] [email protected] Distribution and movement of Pteropus giganteus in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts of Tamil Nadu, India, Sudhakaran, M.R. and D.P. Swami Doss, Pp. Mr. Sreehari Raman, Research Dr. Muhammad Sajid Nadeem, Asst. 35-39 Associate, Kerala Agri. Univ., Thrissur, Prof., PMAS Arid Agri. Univ., Rawalpinidi, Third Seminar on Small Mammals, Nepal, P. 39 Kerala. [email protected], Pakistan. [email protected] Occurrence of Fulvous Fruit Bat, Rousettus Ms. Mega Ganeshan, Nano Mr. Sreehari Raman, Research Asso., leschenaultii (Desmarest) (Mammalia : Chiroptera) Promotional Officer, Practical Action, Kerala Agri. Univ., Thrissur, Kerala in Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India, S.S. Talmale, Pp. 40-42 Colombo, Sri Lanka [email protected], [email protected] Plantation Programme at Biratnagar, Ms. Mega Ganeshan, Nano Promotional Sanjan Thapa, P. 43 Mr. Pubudu Darshana Weerarathna, Officer, Practical Action, Colombo, Sri Journey from BAT FRIENDS to Hungarian Natural Project Manager, Ruk Rakaganno (The Lanka. [email protected] History Museum, Hari Adhikari, Pp. 44-45 Tree Society of Sri Lanka), Colombo, Sri Lanka. [email protected] Mr. Pubudu Darshana Weerarathna, Awareness of people regarding of rodents pest - a part of the survey report, Kalyan Brata Santra and Project Manager, Ruk Rakaganno (The Chanchal Kumar Manna, Pp. 46-47 Mr. Murali Krishna, Research Scholar, Tree Society of Sri Lanka), Colombo, Sri NERIST, Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Lanka. [email protected] GCRB (Group for Conservation and Research on Bat) in empowering the Bat conservation, Research Pradesh. [email protected] and Education in Bangladesh, Shahneaz Ali Khan, Ms. Shriranjani Iyer, Student, Amir Hossan Shaikat, Golam Yasin and Nurul Islam, Dr. Ashish Diliprao Tiple, Head & Seeranaickenpalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Pp. 48-50 Asst. Prof., Vidhyabharati College, Nadu. [email protected] Distribution of Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata Wardha, Maharashtra Gray (Pholidota, Manidae) in Orissa: A Rescue [email protected] Mr. Murali Krishna, Research Scholar, Prospective, Satyanarayan Mishra and Sudarsan NERIST, Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Panda, Pp. 51-53 Ms. Shriranjani Iyer, Student, Pradesh. [email protected], Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse) Seeranaickenpalayam, Coimbatore, (Scandentia: Tupaiidae) in Kambalakonda Wildlife Tamil Nadu. [email protected] Dr. Ashish Diliprao Tiple, Head & Asst. Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India, M. Giridhar and C. Srinivasulu, P. 54 Prof., Vidhyabharati College, Wardha, Mr. Rahul D. Prabhukhanolkar, Maharashtra. [email protected] Bat Specialist Group Website, P. 55 Freelance Ecologist, Belgaum, Karnataka [email protected] Small Mammal Mail - Bi-Annual Newsletter of CCINSA & RISCINSA 1 Volume 4, Number 1, Jul-Dec 2011 1 Small Mammal Field Techniques Training, Thrissur, Kerala B.A. Daniel1 and P.O. Nameer2 Participants, organisers, coordinators and resource persons ZOO/WILD and its networks CCINSA and RISCINSA workers and Scientist in the area of small mammal organized five-days hands on training workshop hosted by conservation to work in South Asia and they carry forward Department of Wildlife, College of Forestry, Kerala the research for this neglected group of organism”. Agricultural University. Thirty five bat and rodent researchers from India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Prof. Pushpa Latha, Registrar, KAU while inaugurating the Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, workshop said that the importance of this training is very Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil clear since every creature has a role in its ecosystem. Nadu), Sri Lanka and Nepal attended this programme. Though small mammals constitute 60-70% of all mammals Prof. Paul Racey, Visiting Professor, University of Exeter in they are highly neglected. From the time memorial we are Cornwall, Co chair, Bat Specialist Group of IUCN’s SSC, Dr. worshipping some rodents the vehicle of Lord Ganesha but Mike Jordan, Senior Conservation Advisor, National still we have many myths related to bats and rodents. Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Regional Chair IUCN This workshop will help to save the beautiful creature of SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group were the lead nature. trainers. Dr. Sanjay Molur, ZOO, Dr. P.O. Nameer and Dr. N. Singaravelan handled sessions. This training was Sally Walker, Founder CCINSA / RISCINSA and ZOO during sponsored by Chester Zoo, Knowsley Safari Park, her talk shared the history of these workshop series. She Columbus Zoo and Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, said, this kind of workshop started with the IUCN Red List USA. exercise in India. ZOO was interested in Conservation Assessment and Management Plan workshop which is a During the inaugural, Dr. Nameer, College of Forestry, creation of Dr. Ulysses Seal who was the Chairman of IUCN Kerala Agricultural University, host of the workshop, SSC CBSG. In 1996 Government of India conducted welcomed the gathering. He said ‘this is an extremely Biodiversity Conservation Prioritization Project BCPP and as important exercise, hands on training workshop in small a part of it ZOO offered to help assess all the species of mammals, that we will be having for the next five days. India. We divided species assessment in to seven Small mammals are an important group of mammals workshops and one of the workshops was mammals. I because they constitute about 60-70% of mammalian learned that rodents and bats are the most speciose and diversity of the world. In spite of this, very little is known actually there were very few experts we could call. Later about them. ZOO is organizing training workshops on this after CAMP workshops ZOO started networks for lesser since 2000 and organized training programmes in all south known groups and I started a network for bats and Asian countries and KAU is hosting for the second time. rodents. We combined bat and rodents since bats can be ZOO trained many researchers and they are generating studied during night time and rodents during day. We had small mammal information from all South Asian countries’. this workshop combining Chiroptera and different rodents. Dr. Mohan Kumar, Dean, College of Forestry said ‘I hope 1Scientist, ZOO, Coimbatore. [email protected] 2 this training will produce a critical mass of a research Asst. Prof. Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala. [email protected] Small Mammal Mail - Bi-Annual Newsletter of CCINSA & RISCINSA 2 Volume 4, Number 1, Jul-Dec 2011 2 Dr. P.O. Nameer welcoming the gathering Paul and Mike were our resource persons for all our families. Some recent editors do not use mega and micro workshops. I feel that animals should not be mistreated. instead they use Yinpterochiroptera
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