&lt;b&gt;Winter food habits of the Golden Jackal &lt;I&gt;Canis aureus&lt;/I&gt; (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in Patna Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India&lt;/b&gt;

Khan, Khursid A.; Khan, Jamal A.; Mohan, Narendra

doi:10.11609/jott.3301.9.9.10656-10661

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“…In fact, the amount of civets in the jackal diet in SWS was the highest ever reported for small carnivores in a jackal diet. Only two previous studies found civets in jackal diets, one in India ( Khan et al 2017 ) and another in Pakistan ( Shabbir et al 2013 ), although in both instances they comprised relatively small amounts of the jackal diets (1% and 9%, respectively). Other small carnivores have been detected in low amounts in previous studies of jackal diets, including domestic dogs and domestic cats ( Supplementary Data SD1 ), indicating jackals can regularly prey on smaller carnivores.…”

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Home range, habitat selection, density, and diet of golden jackals in the Eastern Plains Landscape, Cambodia

Kamler

Minge

Rostro‐García

et al. 2021

Journal of Mammalogy

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We used radiocollars and GPS collars to determine the movements and habitat selection of golden jackals (Canis aureus) in a seasonally dry deciduous forest with no human settlements in eastern Cambodia. We also collected and analyzed 147 scats from jackals to determine their seasonal diet and prey selection. The mean (± SE) annual size of home-range ranges (47.1 ± 2.5 km2; n = 4), which were mutually exclusive between mated pairs, was considerably larger than that previously reported for this species, resulting in an extremely low density (0.01 jackal/km2). The unusually large home ranges and low density probably were due to the harsh dry season when most understory vegetation is burned and nearly all waterholes dry up, thereby causing a large seasonal decline in the availability of small vertebrate prey. Resident groups consisted of an alpha pair, but no betas, and were situated only in areas not occupied by leopards (Panthera pardus) and dholes (Cuon alpinus). Jackals avoided dense forests and streams, and had a strong selection for dirt roads, possibly to avoid larger predators. Overall the jackal diet was diverse, with at least 16 prey items identified, and there was no significant difference in diet composition between the cool-dry and hot-dry seasons. Scat analysis showed that the main food items consumed by jackals were processional termites (Hospitalitermes spp.; 26% biomass consumed), followed by wild pig (Sus scrofa; 20%), muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis; 20%), and civets (17%). Compared to available biomass, jackals were not random in their consumption of ungulates because muntjac were selectively consumed over larger ungulate species. Dietary overlap with dholes and leopards was relatively low, and consumption patterns indicated jackals were preying on ungulates rather than scavenging from kills of larger carnivores. Our results showed that the jackal is an extremely adaptable and opportunistic species that exhibits unique behaviors to survive in an extreme environment near the edge of its distribution.

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Home range, habitat selection, density, and diet of golden jackals in the Eastern Plains Landscape, Cambodia

Kamler

Minge

Rostro‐García

et al. 2021

Journal of Mammalogy

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“…Recent studies in wetlands show that jackals exhibit bimodal activity with one of the two peaks in the afternoon (Shankar et al 2020;Shameer et al 2022). Jackals are highly adaptive mammals and are commonly recorded from wetlands (Khan et al 2017). They exhibit phenotypic plasticity or altered coat patterns as an adaptation to human-dominated landscapes (Shameer et al 2022).…”

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Temporal segregation of small feline predators and canids in the estuarine mangrove delta of Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Shameer¹,

Shankar²,

Salaria³

et al. 2023

Zoology and Ecology

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A camera trap study was conducted in the mangrove of Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, the eastern coast of India, to understand the assemblage, temporal segregation and dial activity pattern of small and medium-sized mammals. Forty-one pairs of passive infrared camera traps were deployed and monitored for 30 consecutive days, making a total of 1,230 trap days effort. The study reveals that the jackals accounted for 40.5%, while fishing cats and jungle cats accounted for 6.09% and 2.42% of all recorded animals, respectively. The analysis of the relative abundance index shows that the jackal is the most abundant mammal in the sanctuary (36.74). Free-ranging dogs, humans and cattle were recorded mostly during the daytime. The jackal showed a higher temporal overlap with the fishing cat (0.76, 95% CI (0.59–0.93)) and the jungle cat (0.72, 95% CI (0.62–0.82)). The jungle cat showed peak activity at dawn, while fishing cats showed peak activity at dusk. Both species temporally overlapped with the bimodal activity of the jackal. Moreover, the available prey may be shared between the three dominant predatory species by minimising the competition (effective resource partitioning). The anthropogenic threats can be a reason for a comparatively lower abundance of the fishing cat, and necessary steps are sought to protect this ecosystem.

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“…Quantitative Analysis: Scat samples of each carnivore species were categorized by season (Summer: April to September; Winter: October to March). Each prey type in the diet was expressed as frequency of occurrence (FO), defined as FO = S/N where s is the number of occurrences of each prey type and N is the total occurrences of all prey types in all samples (Khatoon et al, 2017;Khan et al, 2017;Khatoon et al, 2019) For each carnivore species and season we calculated prey species diversity (H'), prey richness (S), the total number of animal prey species consumed by each carnivore in a specific season) and prey evenness (E, calculated as E = H'/lnS) (Khatoon et al, 2019). Prey species diversity was calculated as H' = -Σ [pi × ln pi] where pi represents the relative percentage of each prey item i.…”

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Distribution and Diet Composition of Two Sympatric Mongoose Species in Murree Kahuta Kotli Sattian National Park, Pakistan.

2022

THE JAPS

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Understanding the distribution and diet of carnivore is important to consider ecological role of species. As food is a critical resource for carnivore predators and its partitioning among sympatric species is crucial for their coexistence. The current study aimed at exploring distribution, diet composition, and diet breadth, niche overlap among two sympatric mongoose species occurring in Murree Kahuta Kotli Sattian National Park (MKKNP). 82 fecal samples were collected from 23 sites and recognized to species inside field based on morphology, odor, and extra signs. Presence signs of both species recorded from 23 survey sites. However, field diagnosis of small Indian Mongoose and Indian grey mongoose indicated presence at 12 and 14 sites, respectively. Fourteen dietary items were recovered in diet of small Indian mongoose i.e rodents, plant matter, insects and reptiles. The diet of Indian grey mongoose also comprised of (15) dietary items. Among both sympatric carnivores overall dietary breadth of Indian grey mongoose is narrow (BA = 0.5). as compared to small Indian mongoose (BA = 0.6). Moderate overlap was found between both mongoose species (0.62

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<b>Winter food habits of the Golden Jackal <I>Canis aureus</I> (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in Patna Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India</b>

Abstract: C omm u n fi c a t fi o n W fi n t e r ff o o d h a b fi t s o ff t h e G o l d e n J a c k a l C a n fi s a u r e u s (M amm a l fi a : C a r n fi v o r a : C a n fi d a e ) fi n P a t n a B fi r d S a n c t u a r y , U t t a r P r a d e s h ,

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Home range, habitat selection, density, and diet of golden jackals in the Eastern Plains Landscape, Cambodia

Home range, habitat selection, density, and diet of golden jackals in the Eastern Plains Landscape, Cambodia

Temporal segregation of small feline predators and canids in the estuarine mangrove delta of Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Distribution and Diet Composition of Two Sympatric Mongoose Species in Murree Kahuta Kotli Sattian National Park, Pakistan.

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