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High altitude wild animals at threat ?

High altitude environment of Himalayan region

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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

INDIAN HILL OTTER

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  INDIAN HILL OTTER - wild animals name, pictures videos list and domestic animals in English for kids images chats 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