Faecal Morphometry in Assigning Species Identity of Three Himalayan Ungulates

Wild ungulates in the Himalayas, the major diet source for large carnivores, play an important role in ecosystem functioning. Studying their distribution, population demography and land-use patterns is pivotal for decision making and proposing conservation and management plans. We collected faecal d...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Zoological Society 2021, Vol.74 (3), p.362-366
Main Authors: Jabin, Gul, Ghosh, Mayukh, Dolker, Stanzin, Joshi, Bheem Dutt, Singh, Sujeet, Chandra, Kailash, Sharma, Lalit Kumar, Thakur, Mukesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Anatomy
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Capra sibirica
Capricornis sumatraensis
Carnivores
Conservation Biology/Ecology
Decision making
Demography
Histology
Land use
Life Sciences
Morphology
Morphometry
Pseudois nayaur
Short Communication
Ungulates
Zoology
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Summary:Wild ungulates in the Himalayas, the major diet source for large carnivores, play an important role in ecosystem functioning. Studying their distribution, population demography and land-use patterns is pivotal for decision making and proposing conservation and management plans. We collected faecal droppings of ungulates from Western Himalayas, identified them using DNA analysis and prioritized three wild ungulates i.e. serow ( Capricornis sumatraensis ), blue sheep ( Pseudois nayaur ) and ibex ( Capra sibirica ) for generating quantitative measurements data that can be used in identifying the faecal pellets of these three ungulates showing overlapping distribution. We observed significant difference ( p  
ISSN:0373-5893
0974-6919
DOI:10.1007/s12595-021-00381-7