Journal of Animal Diversity
مجله تنوع جانوری
JAD
Basic Sciences
http://jad.lu.ac.ir
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10.61186/JAD
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gregorian
2021
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Status, current distribution and threats to the Fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett, 1833) in Nepal
Ecological Diversity
مقاله مروری
Review Article
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:14px;">The Fishing cat, <em>Prionailurus viverrinus</em> is a medium-sized, wild felid, native to south and Southeast Asia. The global status of the species has been assessed as ‘Vulnerable’ by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and it is further listed as ‘Endangered’ in Nepal. Knowledge on the species is limited due to scarce research studies, resulting in a lack of ecological information. A few conservation programs for the species have been initiated in the past but current concern is that conservation programs may not be sufficient for the long-term survival of the species in Nepal. Therefore, we reviewed the available published scientific literature and anecdotal reports relating to the Fishing cats in Nepal, and used this data to assess current population status, distribution, threats and conservation efforts for the species. We screened and selected 49 scientific papers and reports related to Fishing cats for the current study and analyzed them to produce our findings. Our results found that fishing cats are recorded from five protected areas, and three non-protected wetland areas, within the Terai region of Southern Nepal. Two publications are found that substantiate the population status of the species in the country. In Protected Areas of Nepal, most of the Fishing cat records were accessed through camera trap surveys targeting large cat species. Fishing cats have been facing extinction threats mainly due to poaching, human over-exploitation of local fish stocks, retaliatory killing, wetland shrinkage and conversion, pollution and other conflicts with humans. We believe our review will be a useful guide for conservationists, managers and wildlife researchers to promote the conservation of this charismatic and threatened species in Nepal.</span></span></div>
Endangered, felid, poaching, threatened, vulnerable
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http://jad.lu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-132-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Sachin
Timilsina
Sachintimilsina66@gmail.com
10031947532846001494
10031947532846001494
No
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara 33700, Nepal
Rama
Mishra
amitadhikari944@gmail.com
10031947532846001495
10031947532846001495
No
Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, Faculty of Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2333 Antwerp, AK, Belgium; Wildlife Conservation Association Nepal (WildCAN), Babarmahal Kathmandu, Bagmati 44614, Nepal
Amit
Adhikari
amitadhikari944@gmail.com
10031947532846001496
10031947532846001496
No
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara 33700, Nepal
Subash
Gautam
subashgautam2729@gmail.com
10031947532846001497
10031947532846001497
No
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara 33700, Nepal
Bijaya
Neupane
bijneu@gmail.com
10031947532846001498
10031947532846001498
Yes
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara 33700, Nepal