High altitude wild animals at threat ?

High altitude environment of Himalayan region

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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          The high altitude environment has its own climatic complex of low atmospheric pressure,     atm ospheric cold, atmospheric aridity, light, snow cover, and also microclimate. The high-altitude areas pose threat to wildlife,threatened high-elevation mammal,  Multiple threats to Himalayan biodiversity, Other Threats and also feeling the impacts of climate change. High altitude environment of Himalayan region:- The Himalay, by prudence of its area and staggering level, goes about as an extraordinary climatic separation and manages meteorological circumstances in the subcontinent districts of South Asia. In any case, the related intricacies and their belongings are yet to be set out to figure out the meteorology of the Indian Himalayan District (IHR). In this audit volume, we combine the outcomes and derivations of a few examinations did in the IHR involving in situ information, somewhat detected information, and model-based meteorological perceptions. Results give experiences int
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INDIAN HILL OTTER

By Dr Ramesh Behera

 INDIAN HILL OTTER -

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Family-Mustelidae, 

Sp.-Lutra lutra Linnaeus, 1758   


Altitude- 3600 m and above 



                The Himalayan hill otter has a  distinctively pale and grizzly dorsal surface. The hair coat is rough and the hairs are pale tipped in color. The head and body length ranges from 60-80 cm and the tail is 45 cm. The common hill otter is also found in Europe, North Africa and in greater part of Asia. In India it is found in Kashmir to Assam Himalayan.        
                    
         

The hill otter lives near streams and lakes. It stays among rocks and boulders , in hallow beneath the roots of trees growing by the water edge. The otter presence can be confirmed from their tracks. The faeces are deposited on rocks near shore. In mid of the winter when the climatic condition become more rigid, the otters come down to lower streams and valleys. Their main food is fish even if they also take frogs, waterfowl and crabs also. Their matting may occur in winter. The gestation period is around 61 days.         
(Sharma-1994, conservationindia.org Mustelidae)

     

Eurasian Otters are found along lakes, lakes, waterways, and streams, and in bogs, swamps, and waterfront and estuarine wetlands, from ocean level up to 4120 m. They stay away from areas of profound water. Illustrative notes. Head-body 50 - 82 cm, tail 33 - 50 cm; weight 5 - 14 kg, grown-up guys are normally 50 % bigger than females. The Eurasian Otter has a long body and a conelike tail. The short, thick pelage is brown to practically dark all through, with marginally paler undersides. The legs are short; the feet are completely webbed and have advanced hooks. There are a few sets of mammae. The noggin is enormous and level. Dental equation: 13/3, C 1/1, P 4/3, M 1/2 = 36.

 

Habits:

Eurasian Otters are fantastic swimmers and jumpers. They are generally seen as something like a couple hundred meters from water, however they might travel a few kilometers overland between wetlands. They swim utilizing developments of the rear legs and tail; normally jumps last a couple of minutes, five and no more.

Breeding:

 Females are polyestrous, with the cycle enduring four to about a month and a half; estrus goes on around fourteen days. Mating commonly happens in pre-spring or late-winter. The development time frame is 60 - 63 days and births top in April or May. The fundamental entry of bank tunnels might open submerged and afterward slant up into the bank to a home chamber that is over the high-water level. Litter size is one to five, normally a few. The youthful are conceived blind and weigh around 130 g upon entering the world. They open their eyes following one month and rise up out of the sanctum and start to swim at two months. They nurture for three to four months and separate from the mother at around one year. Sexual development is achieved after a few

Food :

Food and Taking care of. The eating routine is basically fish, frogs, and sea-going spineless creatures (counting shellfish and crabs). Birds and little warm blooded creatures (like rodents and lagomorphs) might be consumed now and again.

Conservation:

Status and Protection. Refers to Supplement I. Delegated Close Compromised in The IUCN Red Rundown. The Japanese Otter, when normal, has no new affirmed sightings and might be terminated. Eurasian Otters are helpless against water contamination in light of the fact that their bodies gather toxins and weighty metals, which influence generation. They likewise are killed unintentionally on streets and purposely for their fur.

 

Being a veterinary doctor I have treated so many house keeping animals and birds in my life including wild animals and birds.

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