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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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PALE WEASEL

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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PALE WEASEL - wild animals name, pictures videos list and domestic animals in English for kids images chats. Family-Mustelidae,  Sp.-Mustela altaica temon  Hodgson i,           Altitude- 2135-3960 m.                       A pale coat is highly prominent of this species. The colouration above and on the sides is light brown.The underfur is deep brown at the base. The tale is generally same as the body colour. The under part is generally yellow or white with a clear mark line of separation from the brown of the sides. Sometimes brown spots are seen on the breast and abdomen region. The tail is moderately hairy. The length of tail is also half of the head and body. The fur is soft , short and thick  with few wool under neath. The head and body length is  generally 9 to 12" and tail is about 6".            It is seen throughout the higher Himalay and also seen in Tibet, Sikkim  and Gilgit. Their mating takes place     in the month of February and kids are      born in May. They g
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HIMALAYAN STOAT

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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  HIMALAYAN STOAT / ERMINE - wild animals name, pictures videos list and domestic animals in English for kids images chats Family-Mustelidae, Sp.-Mustela erminea Linnaeus,  Altitude- 1525-4880m.                The ermine is a reddish brown weasel with white underparts. Its forepaws and usually hind paws are conspicuously white in contrast to the legs. The soles of the feet are covered with hair except for the toe pads. The fur is soft with woolly underfur. The stoat is found in northern Scotland but rare in southern England. The palaearctic race of Himalayan stoat is found in Kashmir only. Most of the time the Himalayan stoat resembles the Himalayan weasel. It lives in holes dug in the ground, among the rocks or in hollows of trees. Rodents are the preferred food of the Himalayan stoat but sometimes attack hares and game birds. Breeding takes place in March and 5 to 8 young are born in  April or May.   ( Sharma-1994, samiksha jaiswal,anki, ladakh wildlife)                semrush.com  
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HIMALAYAN WEASEL

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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Contents     HIMALAYAN WEASEL :-  wild animals name, pictures videos list and domestic animals in English for kids images chats Family-Mustelidae, Sp.-Mustela sibirica,  Altitude- 1525-4880m.                      The colour varies from bright foxy to dark  chocolate. The under part of the weasel is slightly paler. Sometimes the body colour may vary. They prefer to inhabit open grass and shrubs, dense forests, dry sandy valleys. The Himalayan weasel is a giant form and distinctively known for its arched back or swift movements in a series of rapid easy bounds.   Overall, these animals are thought to be solitary animals except when mating. The mating system for these animals is unknown, but other species in the same genus are polygynous.               Polygynous groups usually consist of one male and multiple females. The mountain weasel breeds once a year. Males fight vigorously for access to females. Mating usually occurs in February or March, and the young are usuall
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RED FOX

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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  RED FOX ( Hill Fox):-  wild animals name pictures videos list and domestic animals in English for kids images chats Family-canidae, Sp.-Vulpes vulpes,  Altitude- upto 5500m.                The Red fox coat is reddish in colour. The fur is long and silky with a fluffy tail. The upper part of the ears is black but the tip of the fluffy tail is white. The face is rufous but there is a dark spot below each eye. Though red colour is dominant but some times variable with bright yellow, grey, silvery and black.             The head and body length are 50-70 cm and the tail length  35-45cm. Excluding India, it is widely seen in Pakistan Nepal.  It inhibits sandy wastes,  sand dunes and river beds with bushes. But preferred habit in birchwood and cultivated lands. Preferably It feeds on ground birds like partridges. But in frigid winter conditions hunger compels them to visit human dwellings to pick up discarded food and offal. Aside from meat , it takes fruits such as berr
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Himalayan Wolf

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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<>    Himalayan Wolf ( Ladakh wolf):-  Family-canidae, Sp.-canis lupus,  Altitude-4800 to 5150 m.     The Himalayan wolf is like an Alsatian dog. The colour variation are generally found. The wolves from northern slopes of the Himalaya are greyish - brown in colour. The face and limbs are generally redish and the lower surface a dingy white. The winter coat is dense with grey or bright buff under wool. The body length 95-110 cm, height 75-80 cm, tail 35-40 cm and weight 35-55 kg. It hunts during the night hours and hare, fox, antelope, and rodents etc. are primary food items. It does not spare sheep or goats also if available.          They generally move in small groups up and down the valleys along with routes used by man. It breeds mostly at the end of the rains and young are born in the month of December. But at high altitude, it breeds later and pups are born in spring. the pups varies from 3 to 8 nos.  The Himalayan wolf's distribution included the Himalayan
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Brown Bear

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Contents<>  Brown Bear ( Snow Bear):-  Family-Ursidae, Sp.-Ursus arctos isabellinus,  Altitude-3750 m.      The Himalayan Brown bear is one of the sub species of the brown bear of Europe but the Indian race ( Ursus arctos isabellinus) differs in a paler coat and is smaller in size. The colour generally varies from individual to individual, even if place to place, season to season. The brown shades vary from very pale to dark or reddish. some animals are often seen in silverly grey with a half collar white brown tipped fur. For which it is called as Snow bear.  Its head-and-body length of  males reaches about 170 cm long, while females are a little smaller.                             The  Brown bears  are also generally seen in Asia, Europe, and North America. It generally prefers to stay in caves, large hollows of trees, or under a mass of fallen trees. Before entering hibernation the bear prepares itself by storing an immense quantity of fat. Emerging from winter sleep in
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Pallas's Cat

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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Pallas's Cat:-  Family-Felcidae, Sp.-Felis manul Pallas, Altitude-3000 m.      The Pallas's Cat is like a domestic cat in size but differs in a broader head, low set ears and long, thick cylindrically tail. The colour of the face is grey and the body is silver-grey.  The silver-grey body may vary to yellowish buff. The hairs on the back are soft, thick, and black at the base. Sometimes traces of dark transverse stripes are shown on the lions and limbs.  Its head-and-body length ranges from 46 to 65 cm with a 21 to 31 cm long tail.                          The  Pallas's Cat  is also generally seen in Tibet, Iran, Pakistan, and Central Asia. It generally prefers to stay at high altitudes featuring rugged and rocky terrain.               T he female gives birth to  two to six kittens between the end of April and late May.  The gestation period is 66 to 75 days. ( Sharma-1994, untamed science,Cheyenne mountain zoo) Pallas' feline is comparable in size to a home-grown felin
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Interesting Facts About Himalayan Lynx

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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Contents  Himalayan Lynx:-  Family-Felcidae, Sp.-Felis lynx isabellina, Altitude-2745 to 4575m.                The Himalayan lynx is isaballine colour and also long tufts of hairs on the tips of the ear are black-tipped. These hairs frame the face to adaptation with severe cold at high altitudes. The coat colour is seen darker in summer and fawn & white in winter. The length of the body is 85 to 90cm ,  tail 18 to 23 cm and weight around 27 Kg. of a matured lynx.     The Lynx is also generally seen in Asia, Europe, Noth America, China, etc. It generally prefers to stay in dance vegetation of willow, scrub patches of reed, and tall grass. Though it is shy in nature, has a proverbial keen eye and a good sense of hearing.  It hunts the hare, marmot, mice, young female bharal, and domestic sheep and goat.                           It breeds in the month of August.  The gestation period is 63 to 70 days.   Two to five cubs are born. Young lynxes are staying with their
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SNOW LEOPARD Attack

By Dr Ramesh Behera
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  SNOW LEOPARD :- Family-Felidae, sp-Panthera uncia, Altitude-3660 to 5185m. The snow leopard is the rarest animal and is like a great cat but smaller than the common leopard. The length is  100 -110 cm and the tail is 90 cm. The coat colour is pearl grey and paler spots are distributed all over the body and tail. The ventral part of the body is white. The ears are black with yellowish spots. The snow leopard appears to be sparsely vegetated, especially in dry the dry alpine steppe biotopes above the tree line. But it prefers the higher biotopes located between the treeless alpine and subalpine zones, ranging from 3660 to 3965 m.  An adult snow leopard weighs around 100 pounds. It kills creatures 3 times its size without difficulty, especially at night. The gestation period ranges from 2 to 3 months.   (sharma-1994). The strikingly gorgeous snow panther stays perhaps of the most baffling feline on the planet. Profoundly adjusted to life on the cool, rough inclines of High Asia
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