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The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. It has a deep yellowish-grey fur with black lines and spots. Adults have a head-to-body length of 57 to 78 cm (22 to 31 in), with a 20 to 30 cm (7.9 to 11.8 in) long tail. Males are larger than females weighing 8 to 17 kg (18 to 37 lb); females ...
Tiasa Adhya studied zoology at the University of Calcutta and did research at the University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology. [ 1] Adhya works for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). As part of the Species Survival Commission, she monitors fishing cats in West Bengal. [ 2]
Illustration of skulls of Asian golden cat (bottom) and fishing cat (top) [11] A grey morph of the Asian golden cat, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The Asian golden cat is a medium-sized cat with a head-to-body length of 66–105 cm (26–41 in), with a 40–57 cm (16–22 in) long tail, and is 56 cm (22 in) tall at the shoulder.
Fishing in India is a major sector within the economy of India contributing 1.07% of its total GDP. [1] The fishing sector in India supports the livelihood of over 28 million people in the country, especially within the marginalized and vulnerable communities. [2] India is the third largest fish producing country in the world accounting for 7. ...
362 km 2 (140 sq mi) Established. 1976. www .wildbengal .com /urls /pa _san _sajnekhali .htm. Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary is a 362 km 2 area in the northern part of the Sundarbans delta in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India. It is located at the confluence of the Matla and Gumdi rivers. [ 2] The area is mainly mangrove scrub ...
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary. Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary is an estuary situated near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, India. [2][3] It is the third largest stretch of mangrove forests in India with 24 mangrove tree species and more than 120 bird species. It is home to the critically endangered white-backed vulture and the long billed vulture. [1]
Felidae (/ ˈfɛlɪdiː /) is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid (/ ˈfiːlɪd /). [3][4][5][6] The 41 extant Felidae species exhibit the greatest diversity in fur patterns of all terrestrial carnivores. [7] Cats have retractile claws, slender muscular ...
736. ISBN. 978-9351776895. From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey edited by P. V. Manoranjan Rao, B. N. Suresh and V. P. Balagangadharan [1] — all of them former scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization — is a book that traces the history of India 's space organization, Indian Space Research Organization. [2]