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Palm civet sighted in Satkosia tiger reserve

July 7, 2021
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In news- An albino common palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphrodites) was sighted in Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha after 129 years. It was last sighted in 1891.

About Palm civet-

  • The common palm civet is a small mammal belonging to the family Viverridae. 
  • It can be found in Southern and Southeastern Asia. 
  • Their long, stocky body is covered with coarse, shaggy hair that is usually grey in colour. 
  • It is both terrestrial and arboreal, and shows nocturnal activity.
  • IUCN status- Least Concern 
  • It is listed on CITES Appendix III.
  • Asian palm civets are claimed to be the carrier that transmitted SARS from horseshoe bats to humans.
  • It is an omnivore feeding foremost on fruits such as berries and pulpy fruits. 
  • It thus helps to maintain tropical forest ecosystems via seed dispersal.
  • It also feeds on palm flower sap, which when fermented becomes palm wine, a sweet liquor (“toddy”), hence it is called the toddy cat.
  • In Indonesia, it is threatened by poaching and illegal wildlife trade for the increasing production of ‘Kopi luwak’, a form of coffee that involves ingestion and excretion of the beans by the animal.

About Satkosia Tiger Reserve-

  • It is a tiger reserve located in the Angul district of Odisha, India.
  • Satkosia Tiger Reserve was designated in 2007, and comprises the Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary and the adjacent Baisipalli Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • Mahanadi River passes through it in the Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests ecoregion.
  • The major plant communities are mixed deciduous forests including Sal and riverine forest.
  • Mammals found include the leopard, indian wild dog or the (dhole), wild boars , striped hyena, sloth bear, leopard cat and the jungle cat, Asian elephant, Spotted deer, sambar deer, barking deer and langurs.
  • The reptiles here include the Mugger Crocodile and Gharials, Indian Python.
  • The Indian giant squirrel is also found here.

As of April 2021, only one female tiger is found here

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