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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STONE MARTEN / Best animal

By Dr Ramesh Behera
 BEECH / STONE MARTEN -

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Family-Mustelidae, 

Sp.-Martes foina intermedia, Severtzov-1873.   


Altitude- 3620 m and above 




            The stone marten, with only the Indian race intermedia, is a pretty, alert, slender, and graceful animal. The legs are long and tails are as long as the body and head. The soft fur of the upper part is salty to light or dark brown. The length of the body and head is about 25- 45 cm. It is distributed in Europe, Western and south-western Asia except  Arbia. Indian limits restrict it to Kashmir and east to Sikim. The beech Marten is rarely found  below the 1525m. It takes shelter in tree hallows, among the rocky ledges or in ground holes. It takes frogs, toads, lizards, snakes and small birds also.




                The feeding habits may slightly change depending upon the season and locality nature. For searching food in and around the human habitation , the stone marten may take poultry and pigeons also. But the yellow-throated marten (M.flavigula) are seen in the forest below 2745m and avoid the human habitation also. It is seen in India that a change from carnivore to herbivore or mixed feeding like honey, nuts, wild fruits - cherries and berries. Out of wildlife scenario,now stone marten has become threatened due to hunting for its fur.   

                                   (Sharma-1994, shuttersstock.com, adobe.com,animaldiversityweb)


        Habits :                                    Beech martens territory in hue from dull brown to pale grayish brown. A white or buffy streak should be visible just underneath the jaw running down the neck to the chest. In a few southern and eastern locales this white streak is missing. Youthful have dim dorsal fur. Martes foina have practically no fur on the bottoms of the feet. The appendages are long, a shaggy tail is available, and the pelt is coarser than their direct relation martes, pine martens. The dental equation for martens is 3/3 (incisors), 1/1 (canine), 4/4 (premolars), and 1/2 (molars) delivering a sum of 38 teeth. Guys and females are monomorphic. All out length shifts somewhere in the range of 40 and 50 cm from head to end of body. Beech martens have longer tails than pine martens, from 22 to 30 cm long. All out weight ranges somewhere in the range of 1.1 and 2.3 kg. The size of Martes foina has been contrasted with that of a homegrown feline, however with a more thin body.
Breeding:
Sexual intercourse of M. foina may happen midsummer, yet implantation doesn't happen until right off the bat in the accompanying spring. The blastocyst starts to foster in February. Complete pregnancy time is 230 to 275 days, however improvement season of the incipient organism from season of implantation (genuine incubation) is roughly a month. Females bring forth 3 to 4 visually impaired, bald youthful. Weaning of the youthful happens mid May, preceding mating season starts. At 15 to 27 months youthful arrive at sexual development, for certain females becoming pregnant soon after their introduction to the world. Females care only for their young, which are breast fed and safeguarded in the lair for a while. Youthful are conceived exposed, and with their ears and eyes shut. Subsequent to weaning, which happens at around two months, youthful gain hunting methods from their mom. Toward the finish of the late spring they are autonomous.
Feeding:
Martes foina is a pioneering, omnivorous species, albeit creature prey are liked. Diet shifts with season and prey accessibility. They eat accessible little well evolved creatures and birds, particularly little birds and eggs. Bird eggs are eaten by making a little cut that permits the yolk to be sucked out, leaving an empty shell. Beech martens will eat a wide assortment of vertebrates and spineless creatures, however, including frogs and huge arthropods. During late spring months occasional berries, like blackberries, raspberries, and senior berries are significant, as well as different organic products. In certain locales, vegetable matter is a significant piece of the late spring diet. At the point when food is scant they will benefit from remains.
 
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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