Bio Diversity Flashcards
Cashew introduction to india and native region
Native to brazil
Introduced by portuguese in goa
India one of the major cashew exporters ( mainly to US , UAE, EUROPE )
Papaya
Native to central america
Portuguese bough to india
Papoin chemical
Lion
Canine distemper virus
Genetic bottleneck
Kuno palpur MP as second home
Project lion
Endangered IUCN
Cheetah
Imported to kuno national park experimentally 8
20 more underway
Asiatic lion critically endangered 12 in iran
Flying fox
Large bat with no echolocation
Pollinator
Lion tailed macaque
CITES appendix 1
Indian wildlife protection act scheduled 1
Endemic region western ghat
Protected areas :
silent valley NP, KALAKKAD MUNDANTHURAI, kundremukh NP, anamalai TR, agasthyamalai biosphere
Arboreal and low reproductive rate
Malabar civet
Endemic to wester ghat kerela
Critically endangered
Nocturnal carnivore
Sambar deer
Largest deer in india
Keystone prey for tigers, this protecting helps with protecting tiger
Three pronged antlers shed annually by males
Loud alarm for predators used by tiger hunters
Sambar deer protected areas
W ghat, e ghat, c india, ne, uttarakhand
Jim corbet ( uk ), kanha (mp ) periyar, sundarbans
Pangolin
Only mamal with keratin scales
Eats insects
In all peninsular india
No teeth, grinds food by stomach stones
Pelicans
Spot billed pelicans in south india
Great white pelican in rajasthan, mp, gujarat
Dalmatian pelican : rarely seen migrats to jk
Is catfish invasive ?
Yes, north african catfish is considered invaisve in kerelan waters
Kharai camel
Can swim, gujarat
Dugong locations
Gulf of mannar, gulf of kutch, andaman and nicobar island, palk bay ( india’s first DUGONG CONSERVATION RESERVE )
Barasingha details
Swamp deer
Only solid place its found at is kanha reserve
Also found in kazirange
Blue finned mahseer
Largest indian fish 1.2 mt
Indigenous to western ghat
Symbolises fresh water
Lives in young river
Irrawady dolphjn
Endangered
Chilika
Andaman and nicobar
Krishna
Godavari
Bay of bengal
Sundarbans
Largest gharial population in india
Chambal river
Others satkosia gorge, girwa river, ken and yamuna
