A checklist of mammals of Tamil Nadu, India

Manokaran Kamalakannan,Paingamadathil Ommer Nameer

doi:10.11609/jott.4705.11.8.13992-14009

Manokaran Kamalakannan, Paingamadathil Ommer Nameer

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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4705.11.8.13992-14009

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Abstract

A checklist of mammals of Tamil Nadu State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Tamil, IUCN conservation status, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, the appendices in the CITES, endemism, the distribution of species in India, the Western Ghats & plains of Tamil Nadu, and the complete bibliography pertaining to the 132 species of mammals of Tamil Nadu are given.

Highlights

Taxonomic accounts on the mammals of Tamil Nadu were carried out along with other Indian mammals by many authors, viz., Jerdon (1867), Blanford (18881891), Pocock (1939, 1941), Bates & Harrison (1997), Nameer (2000), and systematic review done by Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951), Prater (1971), Corbet & Hill (1992), Menon (2003, 2014), and Johnsingh & Manjrekar (2013, 2015)
After 1998, no updated checklist of mammals is available for Tamil Nadu State despite many taxonomic and biogeographic revisions (Bates & Harrison 1997; Agrawal 2000; Johnsingh 2001; Nameer et al 2001; Molur et al 2005; Sridhar et al 2008; Molur & Singh 2009), new records on smaller mammals (Pradhan et al 1997; Vanitharani et al 2003, 2005; Vanitharani 2006), molecular phylogeny studies on primates (Karanth et al 2008; Nag et al 2011), and on the genus Hemitragus (Ropiquet & Hassanin 2005) in Tamil Nadu and its neighbouring states
The distribution of species in India, and the current conservation status as per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, mammal species listed in the different schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and the appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are provided

Summary

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Taxonomic accounts on the mammals of Tamil Nadu were carried out along with other Indian mammals by many authors, viz., Jerdon (1867), Blanford (18881891), Pocock (1939, 1941), Bates & Harrison (1997), Nameer (2000), and systematic review done by Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951), Prater (1971), Corbet & Hill (1992), Menon (2003, 2014), and Johnsingh & Manjrekar (2013, 2015). After 1998, no updated checklist of mammals is available for Tamil Nadu State despite many taxonomic and biogeographic revisions (Bates & Harrison 1997; Agrawal 2000; Johnsingh 2001; Nameer et al 2001; Molur et al 2005; Sridhar et al 2008; Molur & Singh 2009), new records on smaller mammals (Pradhan et al 1997; Vanitharani et al 2003, 2005; Vanitharani 2006), molecular phylogeny studies on primates (Karanth et al 2008; Nag et al 2011), and on the genus Hemitragus (Ropiquet & Hassanin 2005) in Tamil Nadu and its neighbouring states. We provide the updated checklist along with the distribution and conservation status of mammalian species of Tamil Nadu State based on the recorded evidence

METHODS

Suncus montanus

75 Round‐eared Tube‐nosed Bat64

Findings

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