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- 1. RODENTIA
- 2. INTRODUCTION • Largest order of mammals comprising 33 living families, 481 genera and 2277 species (nearly 50% of total mammals) • Largest order in South Asia • 2nd largest order in India 2
- 3. WORLD SOUTH ASIA INDIA KERALA No. of families 33 9 8 4 No. of genera 481 63 41 14 No. of species 2277 163 102 23 3
- 4. Rodent families of India 1. Sciuridae – Squirrels 2. Muridae- Rats and Mice 3. Platacanthomyidae – Treemouse 4. Hystricidae – Porcupines 4
- 5. Rodent families of India 5. Gliridae- Dormouse 6. Spalacidae- Bamboo Rat 7. Cricetidae- Hamsters and Voles 8. Dipodidae- Jerboas 2/3rd of all rodents are murids, followed by sciurids 5
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- 8. Important characters of rodents • Single pair of incisors in both jaws, which grow continuously throughout their life act as a chisel • Diastema - gap due to the absence of canines and front row of premolars • Small body with long tail and short limbs • Mostly terrestrial but live in trees and caves • Mostly nocturnal except sciurids • Feed on grains, vegetables, fruits, seeds, invertebrates and small vertebrates • Short gestation period, large litter size and rapid maturation of the young 8
- 11. Distribution and abundance • Distributed throughout all the continents, except Antarctica • 46% of the known mammals of the world are rodents 11
- 12. Mammalian species of the World (5416) 46% 22% 9% 8% 6% 5% 2% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Rodentia Chiroptera Soricomorpha Primates Carnivora Artiodactyla Lagomorpha Cetacea Erinaceomorpha Scandentia Perissodactyla Pholidota Sirenia Proboscidea
- 13. Squirrels of Western Ghats • Sciuridae • seven species • Giant Squirrel (2) • Stripped Squirrel (3) • Flying Squirrel (2)
- 14. Family Sciuridae (squirrels) • Malabar Giant Squirrel (Indian Giant Squirrel) Ratufa indica • Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel) Ratufa macroura • Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (Large Brown Flying Squirrel) Petaurista philippensis • Travancore Flying Squirrel Petinomys fuscocapillus • Three-striped Palm Squirrel (Indian Palm Squirrel) Funambulus palmarum • Nilgiri Palm Squirrel Funambulus sublineatus • Jungle Palm Squirrel (Western Ghats Striped Squirrel) Funambulus tristriatus 14
- 25. Family Platacanthomyidae (tree mouse) • Spiny Tree Mouse (Spiny Dormouse) Platacanthomys lasiurus
- 26. Family Muridae (14 species) • Lesser Bandicoot-rat (Indian Mole-rat) Bandicota bengalensis • Greater Bandicoot-rat Bandicota indica • Indian Bush Rat Golunda ellioti • Blanford’s Madromys (White-tailed Wood-rat) Madromys blanfordi • Little Indian Field Mouse Mus booduga • Bonhote’s Mouse (Servant Mouse) Mus famulus • House Mouse Mus musculus • Brown Spiny Mouse (Flat-haired Mouse) Mus platythrix • Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus • Ranjini’s Field Rat (Kerala Rat) Rattus ranjiniae • House Rat (Roof Rat) Rattus rattus • Sahyadris Forest Rat Rattus satarae • Indian Gerbil Tatera indica • Nilgiri Vandeleuria (Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse) Vandeleuria nilagirica
- 27. Lesser Bandicoot-rat (Indian Mole-rat) Bandicota bengalensis Greater Bandicoot-rat Bandicota indica
- 28. Indian Gerbil Tatera indica
- 29. Indian Bush Rat Golunda ellioti
- 30. Blanford’s Madromys (White-tailed Wood-rat) Madromys blanfordi
- 31. Brown Spiny Mouse (Flat-haired Mouse) Mus platythrix Little Indian Field Mouse Mus booduga
- 32. Sahyadris Forest Rat Rattus satarae
- 33. House Rat (Roof Rat) Rattus rattus
- 34. Family Hystricidae (porcupines) Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica
- 35. Ecological importance of rodents • Prey base • Secondary seed dispersal & Seed predation • Pollination • Impact on soil, vegetation and micro habitat • Influence on food web 35
- 36. Prey Base • Various species of snake consumes 6-20 rats and mice • Studies on Jungle Cats and Golden Jackal have shown rodents to occur in more than 60% of the scats analysed • Mus platythrix, Golunda ellioti and Tatera indica were found to be the important food for Caracal, Golden Jackal and Jungle Cat 36
- 37. Prey Base • In a study of the pellet analysis of 4 species of owls, it has been observed that 12 species of rodents was in it and it constituted 55% of the species composition • Food consumption by the Indian Eagle-Owl show that their prime prey is the field dwelling Soft-furred field Rat 37
- 38. Secondary Seed dispersal • Rodent abundance have significant impacts on seed removal, seed hoarding and dispersal distance at yearly and seasonal levels in Apricot • For the regeneration of Virola nobilis, secondary seed dispersal and seed burying by rodents is as important as primary seed dispersal • Rodents play an active role in preventing the destruction of seeds of Vouacapoua americana and to enlarge the recruitment area of the parent tree 38
- 39. Pollination • 2 species of Gerbils and 2 species of murids are found to be the pollinating agents of African Lily, Massonia depressa 39
- 40. Pollination • 2 species of Colchicum seen in the Karoo region are found to be rodent pollinated 40
- 41. Impact on soil, vegetation & microhabitat • Small mammals influence at least three major components of an ecosystem, the soil, the vegetation and the predators • Burrowing does alter the crumb structure of soils and this alone will affect decomposition by changing the surface area of organic material available to bacteria and fungi • Small mammal faeces and urine probably have an important role to play and faeces of rodents may influence the growth of Azotobacter in the soil 41
- 42. Influence on food web • Control on plant life since they are mainly herbivores and being staple food for small carnivores and reptiles rodents helps in maintaining the food chain and thereby ensure the existence of higher level organisms • As primary consumers they can be responsible for consumption of high proportion of plants • Entire carnivore food webs are almost totally supported by rodents in habitats such as American prairies and European steppes. 42
- 43. Economic importance of rodents • Hindu mythology treated rat as a holy animal, the vehicle of Lord Ganesh • In Rajasthan there is a ‘temple of rats’, situated at Deshnoke 43
- 44. What is a Vermin??? • Vermin - Wild animals or birds which destroy crops or carry diseases • Any wild animal specified in schedule V of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 • Common crow, Fruit bats, Mice and Rats (Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972) 44
- 45. Conservation status of order Rodentia 45
- 46. Threat status of different mammalian orders 46 Rodentia 38% Primates 29% Chiroptera 25% Carnivora 8% IUCN, 2015
- 47. 7% 13% 30%29% 21% Rodentia EX CR EN VU NT IUCN, 2015 47 Conservation Status of order rodentia
- 48. CONSERVATION STATUS OF RODENTS • Out of the 95 species of muroids in South Asia 18 species are threatened, 7 are Vulnerable, 9 as Endangered and 2 as Critically Endangered • Cremnomys elvira and Millardia kondana which are categorised as Critically Endangered is facing high risk of extinction because of their restricted distribution pattern 48
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