South Asian Mammals

Dr. C. Srinivasulu, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, heads the Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab and is the curator of the Natural History Museum of Department of Zoology, Osmania University. He is a naturalist and a trained tetrapod biologist and taxonomist. He graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad and conducted behavioral studies on captive and semi-captive cervids and their management and conservation perspectives for his doctoral research which he funded through his CSIR Junior and Senior Research Fellowships (JRF and SRF). During his many surveys throughout his doctoral programme he kept observations on bats and found only a handful bat biologist and that was when he decided to study bats and their taxonomy, which he did by procuring a CSIR Research Associate for studying the Fruit Bat ecology and taxonomy. After completion of his RA-ship he was appointed Scientist C in the Biodiversity Parks project at the Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE), Delhi University, and during his tenure here he worked on the bats of Delhi, Bangladesh and Rajasthan and contributed to a chapter on the Chiropteran fauna of Rajasthan in ‘Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan’, a book published by Springer, USA (in 2013). He became an Assistant Professor in Zoology at the Department of Zoology, Osmania University in the year 2007, Director, Gardens and Green Belt in 2010 and presently he holds the position of the Coordinator IQAC and Nodal Officer, Statistical Cell, Osmania University.

Contents

Preface.......................................................................................................................ix

Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................xi

About the Book ...................................................................................................... xiii

Author ......................................................................................................................xv

List of Abbreviations and Symbols ........................................................................xvii

Chapter 1 South Asian Mammals: An Updated Checklist ...................................1

Checklist of Mammals of South Asia ..................................................1

Chapter 2 Understanding Scientific Names ........................................................ 33
Parts of Scientific Names ................................................................... 33

Codes of Nomenclature ......................................................................34

Principle of Binomial Nomenclature .............................................36

Principle of Typification ................................................................ 37

Principle of Priority .......................................................................37

Principle of Homonymy ................................................................38

Criteria of Availability .......................................................................38

Synonyms ...........................................................................................38

Types .................................................................................................. 39

Formation of Zoological Names ........................................................40

Analysis of Names .............................................................................. 41

Chapter 3 Generic and Specific Names Explained .............................................49

Chapter 4 Dictionary of South Asian Mammalian Names ................................225

Appendix I: List of Languages Used in Autochthonous and

Vernacular Names ................................................................................................289

Bibliography .........................................................................................................295

Index ...................................................................................................................... 323