{"id":116967,"date":"2021-07-07T21:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T16:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=116967"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T04:51:21","slug":"albino-palm-civet-sighted-in-satkosia-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/albino-palm-civet-sighted-in-satkosia-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Albino palm civet sighted in Satkosia Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/wildlife-biodiversity\/albino-palm-civet-sighted-in-odisha-after-129-years-in-satkosia-tiger-reserve-77785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DowntoEarth<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the news?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The common palm civet <em><strong>(Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)<\/strong><\/em> has been sighted in Odisha&#8217;s Satkosia Tiger Reserve after 129 years.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Common palm civet<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as Asian palm civet or Indian palm civet.<\/li>\n<li>A partial albino common palm civet, Saliapatani, was last sighted in 1891 in the forests of Kandhamal district.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Albinism<\/strong> is a hypo-pigmentary disorder with a total <strong>lack of both melanins<\/strong> in hair, eyes and skin due to the heritable <strong>absence of functional tyrosinase enzyme<\/strong> in pigment cells affecting skin and hair. This resulting in a total white plumage \/ fur with red eyes. Albinism is <strong>controlled via inheritance<\/strong> by an autosomal recessive gene in all animal species<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The common palm civet is a <strong>small mammal<\/strong> belonging to the family <strong>Viverridae<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is thought to lead a solitary lifestyle, except for brief periods during mating.<\/li>\n<li>It is<strong> both terrestrial and arboreal<\/strong>, and shows a <strong>nocturnal activity pattern<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: It can be found in southern and southeastern Asia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red list<\/strong> = Least Concern (LC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972<\/strong> = Schedule II<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES<\/strong> = Appendix III<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Also Read<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2020-in-news-understanding-iucn-cites-and-wpa-classification-and-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classifications under IUCN red list, CITES &amp; India&#8217;s Wildlife Protection Act 1972<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>Satkosia Tiger Reserve<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Satkosia was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1976. It is spread along the magnificent gorge over the mighty <strong>river Mahanadi<\/strong> in Odisha.<\/li>\n<li>The name Satkosia originates from two words; sat meaning seven and kos\u00a0meaning two miles, indicating the length of the gorge as 14 miles or 22 km.<\/li>\n<li>The area was declared as Satkosia Tiger Reserve in 2007, comprising two adjoining wildlife sanctuaries; the <strong>Satkosia Gorge sanctuary and Baisipalli sanctuary.<\/strong> The Reserve is spread over 4 districts like; Angul, Cuttack, Nayagarh and Boudh.<\/li>\n<li>Core area of the reserve is also a part of the <strong>Mahanadi elephant reserve<\/strong>. Satkosia is the meeting point of two bio-geographic regions of India; <strong>the Deccan Peninsula and the Eastern Ghats<\/strong>, contributing immense biodiversity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Species found<\/strong>: The area of Satkosia Tiger Reserve supports moist deciduous forest, dry deciduous forest and moist peninsular<strong> Sal forest<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>This area is the home for Tiger, Leopard, Elephant, Gaur, Sambar, Spotted deer, Mouse deer, Nilgai, Chousingha, Sloth bear, Wild dog etc.<\/li>\n<li>Varieties of resident and migratory birds, reptilian species( Gharial, Magar, Crocodile, Fresh Water turtle, Poisons &amp; Non poisons snakes etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Forest Department of the Government of Orissa with technical support from the UNDP and FAO decided to start a breeding programme of crocodiles during March 1974. As a part of this joint conservation initiative, the\u00a0<strong>Gharial Research and Conservation Unit (GRACU)\u00a0<\/strong>was started during March 1975.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: DowntoEarth What is the news? The common palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) has been sighted in Odisha&#8217;s Satkosia Tiger Reserve after 129 years. Common palm civet It is also known as Asian palm civet or Indian palm civet. A partial albino common palm civet, Saliapatani, was last sighted in 1891 in the forests of Kandhamal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/albino-palm-civet-sighted-in-satkosia-tiger-reserve\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Albino palm civet sighted in Satkosia Tiger Reserve<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[8368,8367,8366,8370],"class_list":["post-116967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-albinism","tag-civet","tag-palm-civet","tag-satkosia","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}