Open AccessA badger in Bannerghatta: an opportunistic record of the Ratel Mellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) from Karnataka, India
Author(s) -
Avinash Krishnan,
Sunil Panwar,
Aaranya Gayathri,
Sagarika Phalke,
Dilip Abani Venkateshaiah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.2587.8.5.8820-8823
Subject(s) - mustelidae , badger , geography , national park , habitat , ecology , range (aeronautics) , population , distribution (mathematics) , biology , archaeology , demography , mathematical analysis , materials science , mathematics , sociology , composite material
A single observation of a Ratel Mellivora capensis has been photo-documented in Bannerghatta National Park on 2 November 2015. This record being the first contemporary evidence of badgers in this region of Karnataka, India, the paper also presents a case study of badgers being close to a highly human-dominated landscape which could be due to some ecological factors that may be conducive as a habitat within the Park. Though a resident population and distribution within the BNP could not be ascertained, it can be proposed that the region may be an extension of range of its most recently documented distribution in the Eastern Ghats landscape.