Threatened of JoTT Building evidence for conservaton Buildingfor globallyevidence Journal Taxa OPEN ACCESS 10.11609/jot.2020.12.4.15407-15534 www.threatenedtaxa.org 2020 (Online & Print) 26 March 15407–15534 12 | No. 4 Pages: Vol. ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) PLATINUM ISSN 0974-7907 (Online); ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Publisher Host Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society Zoo Outreach Organizaton www.wild.zooreach.org www.zooreach.org No. 12, Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampat - Kalapat Road, Saravanampat, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India Ph: +91 9385339863 | www.threatenedtaxa.org Email: [email protected] EDITORS English Editors Mrs. Mira Bhojwani, Pune, India Founder & Chief Editor Dr. Fred Pluthero, Toronto, Canada Dr. Sanjay Molur Mr. P. Ilangovan, Chennai, India Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organizaton (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampat, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, Web Design India Mrs. Latha G. 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Lakshminarasimhan, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Dr. Larry R. Noblick, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, USA Dr. K. Haridasan, Pallavur, Palakkad District, Kerala, India Dr. Philip S. Miller Dr. Analinda Manila-Fajard, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines Senior Program Ofcer, Conservaton Breeding Specialist Group (SSC/IUCN), 12101 Dr. P.A. Sinu, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, India Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, MN 55124, USA Invertebrates Prof. Dr. Mirco Solé Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Vice- Dr. R.K. Avasthi, Rohtak University, Haryana, India coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Rodovia Ilhéus/Itabuna, Km Dr. D.B. Bastawade, Maharashtra, India 16 (45662-000) Salobrinho, Ilhéus - Bahia - Brasil Dr. Partha Pratm Bhatacharjee, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, India contnued on the back inside cover Cover: Rajendran’s Shieldtail Snake Uropelts rajendranai, a new species described in this issue from Bodhamalai, southern Eastern Ghats, India. © S.R. Ganesh ournal of Threatened Taxa www.threatenedtaxa.org 26 March 2020 12(4): 1540715413 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) PLATINUM OPN ACCSS DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.5783.12.4.15407-15413 5783 | Received 19 February 2020 | Final received 28 February 2020 | Finally accepted 10 March 2020 C Do wildlife crimes against less charismatc species go unnotced? A case study of Golden ackal Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 poaching and trade in India 1 2 3 4 Malaika Mathew Chawla , Arjun Srivathsa , Priya Singh , Iravatee Majgaonkar , Sushma Sharma 5 , Girish Punjabi 6 & Aditya anerjee 7 A 1 College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia. 2 School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. 2 Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservaton, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. 2,5 Wildlife Conservaton Society–India, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Kodigehalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560097, India. 3 Researchers for Wildlife Conservaton, Natonal Centre for Biological Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Kodigehalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560065, India. 4 Centre for Biodiversity and Conservaton, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India. 6 Wildlife Conservaton Trust, Mafatlal Centre, 11th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400021, India. 7 Conservaton Initatves, Suraj Nagar, Six Mile, Guwahat, Assam 781022, India. 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected], 4 [email protected], 5 [email protected], 6 [email protected], 7 [email protected] Hindi abstract: अ.िस1 और अनाकष8क व:जीवों के .ित अपराध को रोकना आमतौर पर कानून .वत8न एजHसीज का मुJ उLेM नहीं होता। काला जादू और तंR मंR मH अंधिवSास रखने की वजह से कई व:जीवों का अवैध िशकार और Xापार होता है, परZु इसे अ\ेषकों ]ारा नज़र अंदाज़ िकया जाता है। इन सम Abstract:`ाओं को उजागर Wildlife करने के crimesिलए हमने भारतpertaining मH िसयारों (अंeेजी: to lesser-known गोfन जैकाल) के अवैधspecies िशकार doऔर notXापार usually के garner adequate focus or interest by enforcement and conservatonउपलh iरपोट8 जमा agencies.िकये और एक डेटाबेसAdditonally, mथािपत िकया illegal । डेटा की wildlife जांच करने trade पर यह मालूमfuelled चला byहै की religious beliefs in sorcery and superstton is an o-neglected feld of'िसयार research. िसंगी' का बड़े To पैमाने draw मH Xापार atenton होता है। toवाrव these मH िसयार two को broadकोई सींग issues,नहीं होता। weयह अवैध provide Xापार aकी baseline सूचनाओं और analysis सरकारी डेटा of के open-source मुतािबक़, पूरे दे श मHreports वष8 2013 onसे लेकर Golden 2019 तक Jackal 126 िसयारों Canis aureusकी खाले, 8poaching पूंछे, 370 से अिधकand 'िसयारtrade िसंगी in ',India. 16 खोपिड़यां We और highlight 2 िज़ंदा िसयारों the को pervasivenessबरामद िकया गया। of an actve local and transnatonal jackal horn’ trade, which is बनावटी 'िसयार िसंगी ' की मांग Xापक }प से धािम8क Xवसािययों ]ारा िकए गए िनराधार दावों से .ेiरत नज़रआती है, जो मुJ }प से दि~ण एिशयाई बाजारों