Review of the endemic mammals of India
date - 18 Sep 2023
I started this project on July 7, 2020 - more than three years have passed.
Reason to study the current status of the documentation of endemic mammals of India -
As Indian wilderness is shrinking day by day and the animals are under stress of habitat loss and poaching, I thought of compiling observations of mammals, which are endemic to India.
If these are gone, we won't have anything to replace them or find them elsewhere sadly.Review of the data
Significant features -
1) Out of total of 49 endemic species, 29 are documented so far.
2) Total of 6373 observations are seen.
Research grade - 90.63%
Need ID - 5.99%
Casual 3.33%
3) Total observers are - 1902
Most observations are by Swati Udayraj
Max species documentation is done by Ashwin Viswanathan
4) Total identifiers are 706
Michal Sloviak has identified the max
5) Most observed species is Bonnet Macaque
6) Map reveals max observations from the peninsular India, Madhya Pradesh, West Bangal and Himachal Pradesh
