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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake represented 4 orders (Rodentia, Insectivora, Lagamorpha and Chiroptera) and 8 families. Table 11 gives an account of the species recorded at Keenjhar Lake along with their conservation status, feeding habits and activity habits. Table 11 – Total species recorded at Keenjhar Lake along with conservation status, feeding habits and activity habits S. English Name Scientific Name Feeding no Habit 1 Cairo spiny mouse Acomys cahirnus GRN NC LC + - Behavior Status Summer Winter 2 Leaf-nosed bat Asellia tridens INS NC LC + - 3 Sindh Rice Rat Bandicota bengalensis GRN NC C + + 4 Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii GRN DR C + + 5 Balochistan Gerbil Gerbilus nanus GRN NC C - + 6 Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus collaris OMV NC LC + - 7 Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica HRB NC C + + 8 Desert hare Lepus nigricolis HRB NC C + - 9 Indian Desert - + Jird Meriones hurrianae GRN DR LC 10 House mouse Mus musculus GRN NC C + - 11 Grey spiny mouse Mus saxicola GRN NC C + + 12 Short-tailed rat Nesokia indica GRN NC C - - 13 Indian Hedgehog Paraechinus micropus INS NC C + + 14 Kuhls’ bat Pipistrellus kuhlii INS NC C + + 15 Common Rat Rattus rattus OMV NC C + + 16 Large mouse Rhinopoma INS NC LC + - tailed bat microphyllum 17 Indian Gerbil Tatera indica GRN NC C + + 3.2.3 Orders and families Out of the 7 families Muridae was the most abundant (6 accounts in summer and winter) followed by Erinaceidae. The remaining families were represented by only one or two species. There is absence of some families in winter possibly due to migration or hibernation. Figure 1 – Family representation of recorded small mammals at Keenjhar Lake No. of species 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sciuridae Vespertilionidae Rhinopomatidae Muridae Leproridae Hystricidae Hipposideridae Erinaceidae Family Summer Winter WWF Pakistan – Indus for All Programme Page 40 of 165
Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake 3.2.4 Feeding habits Granivore's are the most prominent species found in Keenjhar followed by insectivores with herbivores and omnivores having the same representation. The majority of the species were recorded from agriculture land (nine species) with only one being found in open country. Figure 2 – Distribution of feeding types across the species recorded at Keenjhar Lake No. of species 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 GRN HRB INS OMV Feeding types Summer Winter 3.2.5 Habitat and conservation status The areas around Keenjhar Lake are dominated by small mammal species adapted to desert conditions. The burrowing mammals are less in number and restricted to the alluvial patches of agricultural lands and along the bed of the Indus River. Small hills with loose rocky slabs provide natural home for non burrowing small mammal species like Indian bush-rat Golunda ellioti and Spiny mouse Acomys cahirinus. Some vegetation patches in the riparian areas provide shelter to hares and mongooses and human settlements provide breeding grounds for many species like Black rat and Indian field-mouse. Many bat species feed around agriculture areas and presumably roost in nearby trees. Figure 3 – Number of species recorded from main habitat types at Keenjhar Lake No. of species 10 8 6 4 2 0 Species Habitat type OPEN AGR WWF Pakistan – Indus for All Programme Page 41 of 165
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