Abstract
The Asiatic Wild Dog has a wide global range covering Central, South and South-East Asia. It has been recorded over most of the Indian subcontinent except for the deserts of western India and Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. We hereby provide photographic evidence of the Asiatic Wild Dog Cuon alpinus from Khandige Estate in Sirumalai.
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The Asiatic Wild Dog or Dhole has a wide global range covering central, southern and southeastern Asia (Kamler et al 2015). It has been recorded over most of the Indian subcontinent except for the deserts of western India and Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Though it has been observed in the Western Ghats of Karnataka (Johnsingh 1983; Karanth & Sunquist 1995; Kumara et al 2012), Kerala (Nair et al 1985; Rice 1986; Jayson & Ramachandran 1996; Jayson 1998; Vishnu 2012; Narasimen et al 2013; Shahid & Jamal 2016;), Tamil Nadu (Johnsingh 2001; Kumaraguru et al 2011; Naresh 2012; Ramesh et al 2012; Srinivas et al 2013; Varsha 2018), and both Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh (Behera & Borah 2010; Jhala et al 2015) and Telangana (Sudhakar Reddy et al 2019) (Figure 1), it has not been reported from Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu
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