New locality record of crab-eating mongoose Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) from Parbat District of Nepal

Arjun Bhusal; Badri Baral; Sumana Chhetri; Aavas Pradhan; Bhuwan Singh Bist; Mandip Pangeni; Santosh Poudel

doi:10.3126/njz.v6i1.46752

Authors

Arjun Bhusal Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, School of Forestry and NRM, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6791-2950
Badri Baral Nepal Environmental Research Institute, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8230-3387
Sumana Chhetri Kathmandu Forestry College, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7900-0024
Aavas Pradhan Teka Samuha Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3636-8515
Bhuwan Singh Bist Teka Samuha Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2230-725X
Mandip Pangeni Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, School of Forestry and NRM, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3680-9843
Santosh Poudel Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, School of Forestry and NRM, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-403X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/njz.v6i1.46752

Keywords:

Kushma Municipality, Mongoose, Opportunistic record, Range, Small mammals

Abstract

Crab-eating mongoose Herpestes urva is one of the least studied small mammal species of Nepal with very few confirmed locality records. This paper presents the new location of crab-eating mongoose from agricultural land adjacent to the Schima-Castanopsis-dominated forest habitat of Parbat District in Gandaki Province, Nepal. Three individuals of crab-eating mongoose were sighted and photographed at an altitude of 1,515 m on swampy agricultural land at the edge of a fragmented forest patch of Schima-Castanopsis-dominated forest in Arthar Village of Kushma Municipality.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Abstract

137

PDF

117

New locality record of crab-eating mongoose Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) from Parbat District of Nepal

Authors

DOI:

Keywords:

Abstract

Downloads

Downloads

Published

How to Cite

Issue

Section

License

Information