Breeding habits of the Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) in Potohar Plateau, Pakistan
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Tariq Mahmood
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Nausheen Irshad
Abstract
The Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) has been recently listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as an endangered species throughout its range, but in Pakistan it is categorized as vulnerable. Very little is known about the breeding habits of this nocturnal and fossorial animal in the wild. The present paper provides information on breeding ecology of its population in Potohar Plateau in Pakistan. A total of 13 specimens were trapped to record breeding condition of the captured animals. Additionally, a questionnaire survey was conducted in the study area to collect breeding data on the species. Our limited data show a male-to-female ratio of 1.6:1. The local population seems to breed once a year, usually from July to October, with a litter size of one to two. The juvenile pangolins were observed during the months of January, April and December.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan for providing funding for the current study, and to Professor Dr. Mirza Azhar Baig, renowned ecologist from Pakistan, for reviewing an early version of the manuscript.
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- Frontmatter
- Review
- The wild goat, Capra aegagrus Erxleben, 1777, of the island of Montecristo (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): does it still exist?
- Original Studies
- Trophic relationships of sympatric small carnivores in fragmented landscapes of southern Brazil: niche overlap and potential for competition
- Dietary adaptation of white-headed langurs in a fragmented limestone habitat
- Winter foraging of chinkara (Gazella bennettii shikarii) in Central Iran
- Null model analysis on bat species co-occurrence and nestedness patterns in a region of the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil
- Richness and distribution of porcupines (Erethizontidae: Coendou) from Colombia
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- Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem
- New records of Cryptonanus guahybae (Tate, 1931) in southern Brazil inferred from molecular and morphological data
- Short Notes
- The wild goat of Montecristo Island: did it ever exist?
- First record of a bat from the Lakshadweep archipelago, southwestern India
- Status of pinnipeds in Southeast Asia
- Breeding habits of the Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) in Potohar Plateau, Pakistan
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