Abstract
ON THE STATUS, ROOSTING AND FORAGING BEHAVIOR, THREATS OF PTEROPUS GIGANTEOUS GIGANTEOUS IN JASOL, BALOTRA DISTRICT BARMER, INDIA
Preeti Soni*
ABSTRACT
Barmer is great biodiversity in Thar Desert. Roosting sites of Jasol (Balotra), megachiropteran species (Pteropus giganteous giganteous) first time explored, during survey time 2010-2013. In general Pteropus giganteous giganteous voice dislike by humans. Indian flying fox were habitually observed i.e sleeping, grooming, wing spreading and wing flapping at roosting site. Approximately 120 species of chiropteran fauna in india, out of which 14 species are megachiropteran (Pteropodidae) belongs to 8 genus and the left behind are insect-eating or microchiropteran species. Roosting sites of chiroptera provide conservation for mating, hibernation, rearing young, social interactions, digestion of food and offer protection from adverse weather and predators. In India, fruit bats are listed below Schedule V of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 which is the only Schedule that carries no penalty or restriction at all for the killing or capturing of animals. Fruit-eating bats long distance of foraging movement play an extremely important role in ecosystem regeneration viz., pollination, seed dispersal, guano and keep on ecosystem symmetry. Chiropteran fauna are hunted for a variety of different reasons, including for bush meat consumption medicinal value, trade, recreation, and for the decorative and currency values of their teeth. Fire, pollution, and climate change also include in threat. After 2019, Refineries are developing in Pachpadera,Balotra. Then build up resources and changes in this area.
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