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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake
4.1.8 Assessment of level of threats to mammals at different study sites
Various threats to different mammals were identified at five different study sites
that include; habitat destruction, illegal hunting, poaching, live trapping, food
competition, lack of awareness, law and order situation, weak enforcement of
wildlife laws etc. Based on indirect and direct observations in the field and after
interviewing different people from local communities and wildlife watchers and
forest guards an assessment was e to indicate the level of threats to every
mammal species in Indus for All programme sites.
1 = no threats, 2 = minor threats, 3 = moderate threats, 4 = highly threatened, 5 =
critically threatened
Table 37 – Assessment of level of threats to mammals at different study
sites
S.no. Common Name Keti
Keti Pai Keenjhar
Shah Bunder Forest Lake
1 Asiatic jackal 2 2 2 2 2
2 Caracal or Desert lynx - - - 4
3 Jungle cat 2 2 2 4 3
4 Fishing cat - 3 - 4 3
5 Indian desert cat - 3 - - 2
6 Bengal fox 2 3 2 2 3
7 Desert fox or Red fox 2 3 - 2 3
8 Indian otter 4 - - 5 4
9 Small Indian mongoose 1 1 1 1 1
10 Grey mongoose 1 1 1 1 1
11 Small Indian civet 2 3 2 - -
12 Hog deer 4 - 4 - 3
13 Indian wild boar 1 1 2 2 2
14 Chinkara - - - - 2
15 Feral donkey - - - - 4
16 Indus dolphin 1 - - - -
17 Bottle-nosed dolphin - 1 - - -
18 Hump-backed dolphin - 1 - - -
19 Finless porpoise - 1 - - -
20 Indian pangolin - 3 - 2 -
Chotiari
Reservoir
Figure 20 – Aggregated threat ranking adjusted against number of species
recorded from each site
Total aggregated ranking over
number of recorded species
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Keti Shah Keti Bunder Pai Forest Keenjhar Lake Chotiari
Reservoir
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