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October 9, 2023

GS Paper III Environment and Ecology

Context:

  • Overlapping prey availability  could dictate a positive association between dholes (Asiatic wild dog) and tigers, facilitating co-existence or even cooperative behaviors between the two species of carnivores, a new study has found. 

What are the findings and conclusions of a study?

  • To assess the relative abundance index, habitat use and factors (space and time) influencing dhole co-existence with other sympatric carnivores in Manas National Park.
  • The global population of adult dholes is estimated to be between 949 and 2,215 individuals, scattered in localized areas of India and Thailand. 
  • Diurnal activity of the dholes had the highest temporal overlap with leopards and the lowest with clouded leopards. 
  • The dhole or Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus) is the only endangered wild pack-living canid in the tropical Indian forests and is considered at high risk of extinction.
  • Factors such as habitat loss, declining prey availability, persecution, disease, and interspecific competition have contributed to the ongoing fragmentation of dhole’s populations.    
Asiatic Wild Dog or Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

  • Dhole is a member of the dog or canid family that also includes wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals and domestic dogs. 
  • Geographical Spread: 
    • Global: Historically, dholes purportedly occurred throughout southern Russia, all across central Asia, south Asia and southeast Asia.
    • India:Western and Eastern Ghats, central Indian landscape and North East India.
  • Conservation Status:
    • IUCN List of Threatened Species: Endangered
    • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Appendix II
    • Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 : Schedule II


News Source: The Hindu

 

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