Observation of Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Choyatar, Ilam, East Nepal

A short survey of Red Panda was conducted in Choyatar Community forest of Ilam district, East Nepal. A pair of pandas was observed and behaviors were recorded. It is significant in Nepalese perspective that a protected species was recorded outside the protected area and relatively better natural habitat. Keywords: Community; Behavior; Protected species; Natural habitat. Journal of Natural History MuseumVol. 24, 2009Page: 96-102

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Cross Infection with Gastro-intestinal Tract Parasites between Red panda (Ailurus fulgens Cuvier, 1825) and Livestocks in Community Forest of Ilam, Nepal

International Journal of Research Studies in Zoology ◽

10.20431/2454-941x.0304003 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Keyword(s):

Intestinal Tract ◽

Cross Infection ◽

Community Forest ◽

Red Panda ◽

Ailurus Fulgens ◽

Gastro Intestinal Tract

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Status and distribution of Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) in Simsime community forest of Papung VDC of Taplejung district, Nepal

Banko Janakari ◽

10.3126/banko.v29i1.25152 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 25-32

Author(s):

B. Lama

Keyword(s):

Habitat Characteristics ◽

Encounter Rate ◽

Community Forest ◽

Importance Value Index ◽

Importance Value ◽

Transect Line ◽

Contour Lines ◽

Red Panda ◽

Ailurus Fulgens ◽

Pinus Spp

Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens), globally an endangered species of Himalaya, were studied in Simsime community forest of Papung Village Development Committee (VDC) in Taplejung district. It was carried out to assess status, habitat characteristics and threats to Red Panda. Three transects were laid out along the contours and their total length was 2200 m. The altitude of these transects varied from 2800–3400m. While moving along the transect line, the signs such as pellets, footprints and nests of Red Panda were searched and the GPS points were recorded in those places where the signs were observed. The habitat was assessed simultaneously to describe its characteristics in this community forest. Square plots of 10m * 10m, 4m * 4m and 1m*1m were laid out to assess trees, shrubs and herbs, respectively along contour lines at an altitudinal interval of 200 m between 2800 m and 3400 m and the plots were spaced at a distance of 100 m. Diameter at breast height (DBH) of major tree species (Juniperus spp., Pinus spp., Acer spp. and Rhododendron spp) was measured in the plots. The signs were found in Simsime community forest at an altitude of 3026 m, 3125 m and 3127 m. Overall sign encounter rate for this community forest was 1.36/km. Acer spp. had the highest Importance Value Index (IVI) and Arundinaria malingers the major bamboo species with highest relative frequency (RF). Based on direct field observation, major threats to Red Panda were found to be grazing and bamboo cutting in which majority of the respondents agreed.

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Red Panda feces from Eastern Himalaya as a modern analogue for palaeodietary and palaeoecological analyses

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-97850-y ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sadhan K. Basumatary ◽

Rajib Gogoi ◽

Swati Tripathi ◽

Ruby Ghosh ◽

Anil K. Pokharia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Direct Evidence ◽

Natural Habitat ◽

Food Sources ◽

Eastern Himalaya ◽

Macrobotanical Remains ◽

Modern Analogue ◽

Red Panda ◽

Ailurus Fulgens ◽

Metabolic Activities ◽

Dietary Plants

AbstractModern feces samples of the endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens) were examined using multiproxy analysis to characterize the dietary patterns in their natural habitat in India. An abundance of Bambusoideae phytoliths and leaves (macrobotanical remains) provide direct evidence of their primary dietary plants. In contrast, Bambusoideae pollen is sporadic or absent in the pollen assemblages. An abundance of Lepisorus spores and its leaves along with broadleaved taxa, Betula, Engelhardtia, and Quercus are indicative of other important food sources. Average δ13C values (− 29.6‰) of the red panda feces indicate typical C3 type of plants as the primary food source, while the, δ15N values vary in narrow range (3.3–5.1‰) but conspicuously reveal a seasonal difference in values most likely due to differing metabolic activities in summer and winter. The multiproxy data can provide a baseline for the reconstruction of the palaeodietary and palaeoecology of extinct herbivores at both regional and global scales.

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The first painting of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Europe? Natural history and artistic patronage in early nineteenth-century India

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.2021.0728 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 368-376

Author(s):

D. A. Lowther

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Indian Subcontinent ◽

Scientific Information ◽

East India Company ◽

Early Nineteenth Century ◽

British East India Company ◽

Red Panda ◽

Ailurus Fulgens ◽

Artistic Patronage ◽

Early Investigator

Throughout the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, British East India Company officials, based in the Indian subcontinent, amassed huge collections of natural history images. One of the largest collections, consisting of many thousands of individual paintings commissioned mainly from Indian artists between 1790 and 1823, was formed by Major-General Thomas Hardwicke. Some of these later formed the basis of John Edward Gray’s Illustrations of Indian zoology, but the vast majority remained unpublished. This paper focuses on one of these images, a detailed watercolour of the red panda ( Ailurus fulgens), painted to accompany a scientific description of the species which Hardwicke sent from Bengal to the Linnean Society of London in 1820. The painting pre-dates Frédéric Cuvier’s description of the animal by four years, and is almost certainly the first image of the red panda to have arrived in Europe. This paper sets the painting in the context of Hardwicke’s career as a naturalist and private patron of Indian artists, highlighting both his role as an early investigator of Indian zoology and the importance of “Company Art” in the accrual of scientific information.

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Mosses of the State Nature Reserve "Kurgalskiy" (Leningrad Region)

Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii ◽

10.31111/nsnr/2019.53.2.369 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 369-384

Author(s):

G. Ya. Doroshina ◽

E. G. Ginzburg ◽

L. E. Kurbatova

Keyword(s):

Protected Area ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

The State ◽

Leningrad Region ◽

Protected Species ◽

State Nature Reserve ◽

First Time ◽

State Nature ◽

Area Data

The paper provides the data on mosses of the State Nature Reserve ”Kurgalskiy” situated in the Kingisepp District of the Leningrad Region. The list includes 136 species. Among them Plagiothecium nemorale is new for the Leningrad Region, 83 species are recorded for the first time for the protected area, 12 species are protected in the region, Aulacomnium androgynum is protected in Russia. Of the protected species, Plagiothecium latebricola is recorded for the first time for the protected area. Data on habitats, substrates and frequency of every species are provided.

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Angiostrongylus-associated pneumonia in a red panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Veterinary Record Case Reports ◽

10.1136/vetreccr-2016-000305 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. e000305

Author(s):

Marie Kubiak ◽

Mark Frederick Stidworthy ◽

Sam Sharpe

Keyword(s):

Red Panda ◽

Ailurus Fulgens

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Improved Trapping and Handling of an Arboreal, Montane Mammal: Red Panda Ailurus fulgens

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11040921 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 921

Author(s):

Damber Bista ◽

Sonam Tashi Lama ◽

Janno Weerman ◽

Ang Phuri Sherpa ◽

Purushotam Pandey ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Success Rate ◽

Body Length ◽

Tail Length ◽

Morphometric Data ◽

Field Identification ◽

Red Panda ◽

In The Wild ◽

Chest Girth ◽

Ailurus Fulgens

It is sometimes essential to have an animal in the hand to study some of their ecological and biological characteristics. However, capturing a solitary, cryptic, elusive arboreal species such as the red panda in the wild is challenging. We developed and successfully tested a protocol for tracking, trapping, immobilization, and handling of red pandas in the wild in eastern Nepal. We established a red panda sighting rate of 0.89 panda/day with a capture success rate of 0.6. We trapped and collared one animal in 3.7 days. On average, we took nearly 136 (range 50–317) min to capture an animal after spotting it. Further processing was completed in 38.5 (21–70) min. Before capture, we found it difficult to recognize the sex of the red panda and to differentiate sub-adults above six months from adults. However, body weight, body length, tail length, shoulder height, and chest girth can be used for diagnosis, as these attributes are smaller in sub-adults. Our method is a welfare-friendly way of trapping and handling wild red pandas. We report new morphometric data that could serve as a guide for field identification.

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