Mammalian diversity and conservation status in and around Ranga Reserve Forest, Lakhimpur, Assam, India

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kumar Thapa, Monish, Dutta, Sourav, Jyoti Das, Hirak, Kumar Pradhan, Tilak, Mahanta, Debajit, Tossa, Sujal, Kalita, Ritu, Sharma, Kamal (2024): Mammalian diversity and conservation status in and around Ranga Reserve Forest, Lakhimpur, Assam, India. Species (e 7 s 1629) 25 (75): 1-10, DOI: 10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e7s1629, URL: doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e7s1629 ABSTRACT The study has been carried out in the Ranga Reserve Forest of Assam to find out the mammalian diversity during our study period from March 2021 to June 2022 spread over the four distinct seasons: Summer (March to May), followed by the monsoon season (June to August), post-monsoon season (September to November), and winter (December to February) using Visual Encounter Survey, Randomized Walk and Camera Trapping Method at the fringe villages of the forest.

The study revealed 24 species of Mammals belonging to 22 genera under 16 families and eight orders recorded from the study site during the study period. During the study period, it was found that the Sciuridae family exhibited the highest species richness, constituting 17% with four species. On the other hand, the families Elephantidae, Lorisidae, Muridae, Hystricidae, Leporidae, Pteropodidae, Manidae, Canidae, Mustelidae, Suidae, and Cervidae displayed the lowest species richness, comprising 4% each with one species.