mammalian fauna of the chagai desert and adjoining areas
mammalian fauna of the chagai desert and adjoining areas
mammalian fauna of the chagai desert and adjoining areas
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Mammalian <strong>fauna</strong>: Chaghai <strong>desert</strong> 24a good population <strong>of</strong> ungulates. Considering <strong>the</strong>sefactors, we conclude that cheetah populationhas been extirpated from <strong>the</strong> Chagai Desert,though it might be occasionally vagrant fromneighboring populations in Iran. Loss <strong>of</strong> naturalprey, persecution by local community <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>usechanges are <strong>the</strong> major factors contributing tothis loss.AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge <strong>the</strong>financial support <strong>and</strong> facilitation provided by <strong>the</strong>Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), Hagler BaillyPakistan, <strong>and</strong> Halcrow Pakistan.References1. Wroughton, R.C. 1910. A new Murine genus <strong>and</strong>species from Sind <strong>and</strong> notes on a small collection <strong>of</strong>Rodents from lower Sind. JBNHS. 20: 996-1000.2. Wroughton, R.C. 1911. On a small collection <strong>of</strong>Rodents from lower Sind. JBNHS. 20: 1000-1001.3. Thomas, O. 1911. A New Murine genus <strong>and</strong>species form Sind, with diagnoses <strong>of</strong> three o<strong>the</strong>rnew genera based on previously known species <strong>of</strong>Mus. JBNHS 20: 992-996.4. Thomas, O. 1917. The Spiny-Mouse <strong>of</strong> Sind,scientific results from <strong>the</strong> mammal survey No. 16JBNHS 25: 205-206.5. Akhtar, S.A. 1960. The Rodents <strong>of</strong> West Pakistan.Pak. J. Sci. 12: 17-37.6. Ellerman, J.R. 1961. The Fauna <strong>of</strong> India includingPakistan, Burma <strong>and</strong> Ceylon. Mammalia, Vol.3.Rodentia, 2nd edit., Part 1: Sciuridae, Hystricidae,Muscardinidae, Rhizomyidae, Part 11: Muridae.Issued by <strong>the</strong> Zool. Survey, Calcutta, India,7. Fitzwater, W.D. <strong>and</strong> Prakash, I. 1969. Observationson <strong>the</strong> burrows, behaviour <strong>and</strong> home range <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Indian Desert Gerbil Meriones hurrianae (Jerdon).Mammalia 33: 598-606.8. Agrawal, V.C. 1965. Field Observations on <strong>the</strong>biology <strong>and</strong> ecology <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Desert Gerbil, Meriouneshurrianae (Rodentia, Muridae) in Western India, J.Zool. Soc. India 17: 125-134.9. Agrawal, V.C. 1970. Taxonomic status <strong>of</strong> Millardia(Thomas). Mammalia 34: 496-504.10. Ahmad, A. <strong>and</strong> Chaudhry, M.I. 1977. Studies onhabits, habitat <strong>and</strong> damage <strong>of</strong> orcupines Hystrixindica, Rodentia, Mammalia. Pak. J. Forest 7: 147-150.11. Ahmad, M. F. <strong>and</strong> Ghalib, S. A. 1979. A checklist<strong>of</strong> mammals <strong>of</strong> Pakistan. Rec. Zool. Surv. Pak. 7:1-34.12. Beg, M.A., Khan, A.A. <strong>and</strong> Zaman, R. 1975. Agedetermination in <strong>the</strong> Indian Gerbil. Pak. J. Zool. 7:93-96.13. Beg, M.A. <strong>and</strong> Rana. S.A. 1978. Ecology <strong>of</strong> FieldRat, Rattus meltada in Central Punjab Pakistan.Pak. J. Zool. 10: 163-168.14. Beg, M.A., Kausar S., Hassan M.M. <strong>and</strong> KhanA.A. 1986. Some demographic <strong>and</strong> reproductiveparameters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house sherews in Punjab,Pakistan. Pak. J. Zool. 8: 201-208.15. Roberts, T.J. 1997. The Mammals <strong>of</strong> Pakistan.Oxford University Press, Karachi, Pakistan.16. Roberts, T.J. 2005. Field guide to <strong>the</strong> smallmammals <strong>of</strong> Pakistan. Oxford University Press.17. Meeks, W.A. <strong>and</strong> Higgins, K.F. 1998. Nongamebirds, small mammals, reptiles, fishes: S<strong>and</strong> LakeNational Wildlife Refuge, 1995-1996. SouthDakota Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin729. South Dakota State University, Brookings,South Dakota. 28 pp. Jamestown, ND: Nor<strong>the</strong>rnPrairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wildlife/s<strong>and</strong>lake/index.htm (Version 04AUG2000).18. Mirza, Z.B. 1998. Animal Biodiversity <strong>of</strong> Pakistan.Center for Environmental Research <strong>and</strong> Conservation.229-B, St.4, F-10/3, Islamabad, Pakistan.19. Farhadinia, M.S. 2004. The Last stronghold:Cheetah in Iran. Cat News 40: 11-1420. Garstang, R. 1998. Asian cheetah recorded inBalochistan. Natura 25: 26.
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