{"id":339479,"date":"2025-06-05T13:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=339479"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T05:16:02","slug":"ungulates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ungulates\/","title":{"rendered":"Ungulates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>A report flags tiger-human conflict risk as prey base (ungulates) shrinks in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.<\/p>\n<h2>About Ungulates<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339481\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-339481\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NTCA.png?resize=401%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NTCA.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NTCA.png?w=758&amp;ssl=1 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; NTCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Ungulates are <strong>hoofed mammals<\/strong> that <strong>walk on their toes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The word ungulate comes from the Latin word \u201c<strong>unguis<\/strong>\u201d which means <strong>nail, claw or hoof.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Division:<\/strong> They are divided into <strong>two classes<\/strong>:\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-roman;\">\n<li><strong>Even-toed ungulates<\/strong> such as deer, giraffe, antelopes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Odd-toed ungulates<\/strong> such as horses, zebras and rhinoceroses.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Importance:<\/strong> Ungulates form the <strong>bulk of a tiger\u2019s diet<\/strong> and are also <strong>critical to the forest ecosystem.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong> They are facing increasing pressure from <strong>loss of habitat<\/strong> due to deforestation, development, agricultural expansion, urbanisation, human-wildlife conflict, and subsistence hunting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Report on Ungulates and key findings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>first-of-its-kind assessment of ungulates<\/strong> conducted by the <strong>Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA),<\/strong> using <strong>data<\/strong> from India\u2019s <strong>2022 tiger census.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key findings<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>density of 30 ungulates per square km<\/strong> can support four <strong>tigers in 100 square<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tiger numbers may rise with prey density, but plateau at about 75 ungulates per sq km due to ecological constraints such as territoriality, competition and lack of habitat connectivity.<\/li>\n<li>Among the tiger reserves, <strong>Pench in Madhya Pradesh<\/strong> has one of the <strong>highest chital densities<\/strong> \u2014 nearly 54 per sq km.<\/li>\n<li>There is a <strong>direct link<\/strong> between <strong>low prey numbers and human-wildlife conflict<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A report flags tiger-human conflict risk as prey base (ungulates) shrinks in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. About Ungulates Ungulates are hoofed mammals that walk on their toes. The word ungulate comes from the Latin word \u201cunguis\u201d which means nail, claw or hoof. 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