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Mammal occurrence Western Ghats 2023-26
Occurrence records of mammals from the Western Ghats (primarily Sakleshpur, Anamalais and Nilgiris, India) between November 2023 and February 2026
T. R. Shankar
Raman
Nature Conservation Foundation
Senior Scientist
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
trsr@ncf-india.org
0000-0002-1347-3953
Divya
Mudappa
Nature Conservation Foundation
Senior Scientist
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
divya@ncf-india.org
0000-0001-9708-4826
2026-03-10
eng
This dataset contains mammal occurrence records (November 2023 - February 2026) from the Western Ghats, collected using a mobile collection application (EpiCollect5). A few reptiles are also added opportunistically. This includes data from three data sources:1. Western Ghats Mammals(https://five.epicollect.net/project/western-ghats-mammals (private project), 12th July 2024 - 28th February 2026, n=4139)2. Gaur Project (https://five.epicollect.net/project/gaur-project (public project), 4th Jan 2024 - 24th Apr 2024, n=88)3. Monika_Gaur_Survey(https://five.epicollect.net/project/monika-gaur-survey (public project), 28th Nov 2023 - 2nd Dec 2023, n=32)47 taxa are recorded in this dataset.
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml
Observation
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
tropical rainforests
plantations
Anamalai Hills
Western Ghats
animal distribution
mammals
n/a
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Multiple locations along the Western Ghats, India;
Main locations: Sakleshpur region, Karnataka; Nilgiris, Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu
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Occurrence records of mammals (Class: Mammalia) and a few reptiles found in the Western Ghats and belonging to 47 different taxa
phylum
Chordata
family
Varanidae
family
Pteropodidae
family
Platacanthomyidae
order
Carnivora
family
Viverridae
family
Sciuridae
family
Tragulidae
family
Leporidae
family
Bovidae
order
Artiodactyla
family
Felidae
class
Mammalia
kingdom
Animalia
family
Canidae
order
Proboscidea
family
Soricidae
order
Soricomorpha
order
Rodentia
family
Ursidae
family
Cervidae
family
Colubridae
family
Muridae
family
Mustelidae
family
Elephantidae
order
Chiroptera
order
Lagomorpha
family
Cercopithecidae
family
Hystricidae
family
Suidae
class
Squamata
family
Herpestidae
order
Primates
Opportunistic records of mammals observed during the ongoing project
Observers and contributors (Name and ORCID, if available)A. Sathish KumarAashra Iype 0009-0001-3548-2797Abhirami C 0009-0004-4781-9555Ahirbudhnyan M 0009-0008-0887-6644Anand M. Osuri 0000-0001-9909-5633Arunachala Skaria Gamuz 0009-0000-3357-0489Divya Mudappa 0000-0001-9708-4826Ganesh Raghunathan Gopana Nanda Kumar 0009-0000-2607-2908K. B. Sonia KannanKhushi MohanM. Ananda Kumar 0000-0001-7094-1314Manu NairMonika C 0009-0000-8302-2245P Jeganathan 0000-0002-0238-0655S. Vijay KumarSneha R. Sakthivel 0009-0009-0773-5134Srinivasan Kasinathan 0000-0001-7323-6653Sujay G 0009-0007-4706-4414T. R. Shankar Raman 0000-0002-1347-3953Vijay Karthick 0000-0001-6023-3955
This is an ongoing effort and future uploads will be made as separate datasets. Updates to this will be only in the nature of corrections if required.
asNeeded
T. R. Shankar
Raman
Nature Conservation Foundation
Senior Scientist
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
trsr@ncf-india.org
0000-0002-1347-3953
Divya
Mudappa
Nature Conservation Foundation
Senior Scientist
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
divya@ncf-india.org
0000-0001-9708-4826
Common names of species were matched to scientific names on GBIF backbone.
Mammals were recorded across the Western Ghats but primarily within three clusters:
(1) Anamalai Tiger Reserve and the adjoining Valparai Plateau in the Anamalai Hills, Tamil Nadu
(2) Forests and plantations of Nilgiris Hills and adjoining forests in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
(3) Forests in and around Sakleshpur district centred in the Kadamane Estate of Karnataka
Opportunistic observations of signs or sightings of mammals were recorded on the mobile application in an ad hoc manner. The sightings were often (but not always) along roads traversed by researchers for other activities. All records were recorded on a mobile application (EpiCollect5).
Data were checked for erroneous records, missing information, and location outliers.
Tropical Rainforest Research and Ecological Restoration in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India
Aashra
Iype
0009-0001-3548-2797
user
Abhirami
C.
0009-0004-4781-9555
user
Ahirbudhnyan
M.
0009-0008-0887-6644
user
M. Ananda
Kumar
0000-0001-7094-1314
user
Anand M.
Osuri
0000-0001-9909-5633
user
Arunachala Skaria
Gamuz
0009-0000-3357-0489
user
Divya
Mudappa
0000-0001-9708-4826
user
Ganesh
Raghunathan
0009-0009-4296-5269
user
P.
Jeganathan
0000-0002-0238-0655
user
K.
Kannan
user
Khushi
Mohan
user
Manu
Nair
user
Monika
C.
user
Gopana Nanda
Kumar
user
A. Sathish
Kumar
user
Sneha
Sakthivel
0009-0009-0773-5134
user
K. B.
Sonia
user
Srinivasan
Kasinathan
0000-0001-7323-6653
user
Sujay
G.
0009-0007-4706-4414
user
T. R. Shankar
Raman
0000-0002-1347-3953
user
S. Vijay
Kumar
user
Vijay
Karthick
0000-0001-6023-3955
user
Mammal occurrence records 2023-26
Various
Western Ghats locations
Opportunistic observations
2026-03-10T08:50:12.086+00:00
dataset
Nature Conservation Foundation (2026). Occurrence records of mammals from the Western Ghats (primarily Sakleshpur, Anamalais and Nilgiris, India) between November 2023 and February 2026. Version 1.0. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=anam-mammals-2023-26&v=1.0
Mammal occurrence records (2023-25) in central and southern Western Ghats, India [Data set].
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18910401
Mammal occurrence records (2025-26) in central and southern Western Ghats, India [Data set].
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18923778