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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 5 Number 2 ISSN 2230-7087 January 2014 Contents Recent photographic observation of Nicobar Treeshrew Tupaia nicobarica (Zelebor, 1869) on Great Nicobar Island, Kannadasan Narasimmarajan, Pp. 2-3 Rescue of micro-bats in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Dau Lal Bohra and Shradha Vyas, Pp. 4-8 Common Indian Megachiroptera (My Collections), Azad Ali, Pp. 9-10 Roost of Indian Flying Fox Pteropus giganteus in Badurtola, Chuadanga District, Bangladesh, Tahsinur Rahman Shihan, Pp. 11-12 Ending the journey of PhD in bat ecology - Photo Features, Pushpa Raj Acharya, P. 1 3 Foliage roosting by the painted bat, Kerivoula picta in Thrissur, Kerala, Madhavan, A., Sreedevi Rajasekar and S. Suthakar Isaac, P. 14 Living with Villagers for Bat Conservation, Sanjan Thapa, Pp. 15-18 Amity University, M.Sc. Wildlife Course, P. 1 8 New site records of the Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777) from the southern Eastern Ghats, India, A. Kalaimani and G. Gokula Krishnan, Pp. 19-20 JRF Position in DST-SERB Funded Project at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, P. 2 0 First record of White-tailed Wood-rat, Madromys blanfordi from Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India Kartik Upadhyay, Pritesh Patel and Reshma Solanki, Pp. 21-22 Small mammal conservation awareness programs in Tamil Nadu, India, Brawin Kumar, Pp. 23-25 Threat to wildlife from carnivorous pets: (Gray, 1838), Preeti S. Virkar and Shivam Shrotriya, Pp. 26-27 We at ZOO, WILD and all our networks are happy to Albinism in Ratufa indica (Erxleben) and report that Dr. Azad Ali, a CCINSA member, recently published a other mammals from Satara District, book from Scholars' Press, Germany entitled "Indian Flying Fox of Maharashtra, Amit Sayyed, Anil Mahabal Assam. Ecobiology of Indian Flying Fox, Pteropus giganteus and R.M. Sharma, Pp. 28-29 Brunnich, 1782. The poster above will spread the news Sighting of a total albino Ruddy Mongoose regarding publication of this book for bat researchers and bat Ranthambore National Park, R. Kulkarni fans. See page 31 for more information. and Anil Mahabal , Pp. 30-31 Congratulations to Azad Ali. A book “Indian Flying Fox of Assam” and a Bat Rhyme, Azad Ali, P. 31 The ZOO Crew Small Mammal Mail - Bi-Annual Newsletter of CCINSA & RISCINSA Volume 5, Number 2, January 2014, P. 1 Recent photographic observation of Nicobar Treeshrew Tupaia nicobarica (Zelebor, 1869) on Great Nicobar Island Kannadasan Narasimmarajan* The Nicobar Treeshrew Tupaia nicobarica (Zelebor, 1869) (Order: Scandentia, Family: Tupaiidae, Subfamily: Tupainae), is a small arboreal mammal species endemic to India. Its distribution is restricted to Great Nicobar and Little Nicobar Islands (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Alfred et al., 2002, 2006a & b; Molur et al., 2005; Pande et al., 2009). Since entry to Nicobar Islands is restricted and is allowed only after tedious formal permissions from govern- ment authorities, and considering the logistics involved, any recent records of the poorly known, endemic and endangered species like Nicobar Treeshrew are very Figure: 1. Photograph of the Nicobar Treeshrew clicked on 12.02.2012, at valuable. In this note, I report Great Nicobar Island the recent photographic obser- ations of this species, taken in its on this island. I did not Threats and recommendations wild natural habitat on Great specifically search for it, since I This Indian endemic species is Nicobar Island. was concentrating on Long-tailed listed in C.A.M.P. 1997 as an macaque survey (Narasimmarajan Endangered (EN-b1, 2c); IUCN Observations & Raghunathan (2012). It is 2013, Endangered (B1ab3); but On 12th February 2012 at 9.00am, likely that we could have is not included in Wildlife during the Long-tailed macaque overlooked some more individuals (Protection) Act 1972 (as survey on the Great Nicobar of Tree shrews. amended up to 2003 (Alfred et Island, I came across a pair of al., 2006a,b), and is facing high Nicobar Treeshrew on the East- Identification risk of extinction (Molur et al., Coast Road about 28 km from The features that point to the 2005). The Nicobar Tree shrew is Campbell Bay (6°53’39.3”N; identification of the species from protected under CITES: Appendix 93°53’49.5”E). The pair was seen photographs match with the II; however, the region where it on a palm tree in the rainforest at earlier published descriptions. occurs is a part of the Great the lower canopy level on the (Prater, 1971; Menon, 2003; Nicobar Biosphere, hence the edge of a ravine through which a Alfred et al., 2002, 2006; Pande, habitat is protected. The threats perennial mountain stream was et al., 2009). The present to this species are quantitative flowing although only one photograph taken by the author and qualitative habitat loss at the individual could be photographed. appears to be the detailed visual rate of <20% decline in the last The pair was quite active and the documentation of this species in four decades and a predicted rate two animals were seen chasing the wild in its natural habitat on of >20% during the next 10 years one another. They were observed the Great Nicobar Island. due to agriculture, change in land walking over branches and were Although Nicobar Tree shrew use pattern, human settlements, seen preferably keeping to the observation is known, the precise introduction of domestic shady parts and were not information on this species, with mammals, predation by dogs and observed to leap. They were photographic evidence is worth natural disasters like earthquake observed searching for food and documenting. Nevertheless the and tsunami (Molur et al., 2005; soon disappeared as they moved previous observation was away to another tree. The published five years ago (Pande, species was seen twice again et al., 2009). *Care Earth Trust, No.15, 2nd Main during our entire survey along a road, Thillaiganga Nagar, Nanganallur, total line transect walk of 215 km Chennai- 600061. Email: [email protected] Small Mammal Mail - Bi-Annual Newsletter of CCINSA & RISCINSA Volume 5, Number 2, January 2014, P. 2 Pande et al., 2007). There is nothing much known Pande, S., N. Sant, and S. Pednekar (2009). Recent about its ecology and the natural history. There are Observations of Nicobar Tree Shrew Tupaia nicobarica no captive stocks of the Nicobar Tree Shrew. (Zelebor, 1869) on Great Nicobar Island. Small mammal Research, management and conservation measures mail.1 (1); 30–31. like systematic surveys, taxonomic studies and Prater, S.H., (1971). The Book of Indian Animals. identification of new protected areas have been Bombay Natural History Society., (Ed.3), 1–324pp. recommended by Sankaran (1997). Knowing the threats to the Nicobar Tree Shrew, particularly Sankaran, R., (1997). Developing a protected area construction of the 35 km east–coast road, more network in the Nicobar Islands: The perspective of details about the study area and threats can be endemic avifauna. Biodiversity and Conservation. 6, found in Narasimmarajan et al. (2012) and this 797-815. endemic and endangered species needs to be included in the appropriate schedule of Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, for its long term conservation on a priority basis. References Alfred, J.R.B., N.K. Sinha, and S. Chakraborty (2002). Checklist of Mammals of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper 199: 1–289. (Published by the Director, Zool. Sur. India, Kolkata). Alfred, J.R.B., A.K. Das and A.K. Sanyal (2006a). Animals of India: Mammals. ENVIS-Zool. Surv. India., 1-236pp. (Published by the Director, Zool. Sur. India, Kolkata). Alfred, J.R.B., Ramkrishna and M.S. Pradhan (2006b). Validation of Threatened Mammals of India., , 1- 568pp. (Published by the Director, Zool. Sur. India, Request Kolkata). Dear Readers, Corbet, G.B., and J.E. Hill (1992). The Mammals of the Indo-Malayan Region. Oxford University Press. New York. I understand that the Vernay Survey of the 1- 488pp. Eastern Ghats had a mammal section (Vernay Scientific Survey of the Eastern Ghats: Menon, V., (2003). A Field Guide to Indian Mammals. Ornithological section, by N.B. Kinnear and Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. And Penguin Book India Hugh Whistler, Journal of the Bombay Natural (P) Ltd. 1- 201pp. History Society, Volume 34, Issue 2, pages 386-403 (1930)). I have been able to find in Molur, S., C. Srinivasulu, S. Bhargavi, S. Walker, P.O. the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Nameer and L. Ravikumar (2005). Status of South Society a series of articles on the Asian Non-volant Small Mammals: Conservation ornithological work that the survey carried out Assesment and Management Plan (C. A. M. P.) Workshop (series of 16 articles titled Vernay Scientific Report. Zoo Outreach Organisation. ICBSG-South Asia, Survey of the Eastern Ghats (Ornithological Coimbatore, India. 618pp. Section) by Hugh Whistler and N.B. Kinnear, between 1932 and 1937 (Volumes 35-39)). Narasimmarajan, K., and C. Raghunathan (2012). But there is no report in this journal on the Status of the Long-tailed macaque and conservation of the mammal survey. Can anyone suggest how I recovery population in the Great Nicobar Island, India. might gather any details about the mammal Wildl. Bio. Prac. 8 (2). 1–8. section of the Vernay Survey. Pande, S., N. Sant, S. Ranade, S. Pednekar, P. Thanking you Mestry, P. Deshpande, S. Kharat and V. Deshmukh Kumaran Sathasivam (2007). Avifaunal survey of Andaman and Nicobar Email: [email protected] Islands, January 2007. Indian Birds. Vol. 3 No. 5: 162– 180. Small Mammal Mail - Bi-Annual Newsletter of CCINSA & RISCINSA Volume 5, Number 2, January 2014, P. 3 Rescue of micro-bats in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India Dau Lal Bohra* and Shradha Vyas Bats are warm-blooded true flying mammals.
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