Short Communication Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan: a Hot Spot for Wild Felids

Short Communication Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan: a hot spot for wild felids

T SHERING T EMPA,MARK H EBBLEWHITE,L.SCOTT M ILLS,TSHEWANG R. WANGCHUK,NAWANG N ORBU,TENZIN W ANGCHUK,TSHERING N IDUP P EMA D ENDUP,DORJI W ANGCHUK,YESHI W ANGDI and T SHERING D ORJI

SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE S1 List of other mammal species photographed by camera trap (Supplementary Plate S2) in our study area in Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan (Fig. 1).

Common name Scientific name Himalayan goral Naemorhedus goral Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Sambar Rusa unicolor Himalayan serow Capricornis thar Gaur Bos gaurus Asiatic water buffalo Bubalus arnee Wild boar Sus scrofa Asian elephant Elephas maximus Capped langur Trachypithecus pileatus Golden langur Trachypithecus geei Assam macaque Macaca assamensis Rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta Himalayan black bear Ursus thibetanus Dhole Cuon alpinus Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha Common palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Masked palm civet Paguma larvata Binturong Arctictis binturong Yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula Ferret badger Melogale sp. Indian grey mongoose Herpestes edwardsii Crab-eating mongoose Herpestes urva Indian hare Lepus nigricollis Black giant squirrel Ratufa bicolor Hoary-bellied squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus Indochinese forest rat Rattus andamanensis Himalayan crestless porcupine Hystrix brachyura Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine Atherurus macrourus

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SUPPLEMENTARY PLATE S1 Camera-trap photographs of the six species of wild felid recorded (Table 1) in Royal Manas National Park (Fig. 1): (a) Common leopard Panthera pardus, (b) Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis, (c) Tiger Panthera tigris, (d) Clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa, (e) Asiatic golden cat Pardofelis temminckii, (f) Marbled cat Pardofelis marmorata.

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SUPPLEMENTARY PLATE S2 Camera-trap photographs of the other 28 identified species recorded (Supplementary Table S1) in Royal Manas National Park (Fig. 1): (a) Himalayan goral Naemorhedus goral, (b) muntjac Muntiacus muntjak, (c) sambar Rusa unicolor, (d) Himalayan serow Capricornis thar, (e) gaur Bos gaurus, (f) Asiatic water buffalo Bubalus arnee, (g) wild boar Sus scrofa, (h) Asian elephant Elephas maximus, (i) capped langur Trachypithecus pileatus, (j) golden langur Trachypithecus geei, (k) Assam macaque Macaca assamensis, (l) Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta, (m) Himalayan black bear Ursus thibetanus, (n) dhole Cuon alpinus, (o) large Indian civet Viverra zibetha, (p) common palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, (q) masked palm civet Paguma larvata (r) binturong Arctictis binturong, (s) yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula, (t) ferret badger Melogale sp., (u) Indian grey mongoose Herpestes edwardsii, (v) crab-eating mongoose Herpestes urva, (w) Indian hare Lepus nigricollis, (x) black giant squirrel Ratufa bicolor, (y) hoary-bellied squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus, (z) Indochinese forest rat Rattus andamanensis, (aa) Himalayan crestless porcupine Hystrix brachyura, (bb) Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine Atherurus macrourus.

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