{"id":24865,"date":"2024-07-08T09:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T03:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24865"},"modified":"2025-10-06T12:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:26:03","slug":"brown-palm-civet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brown-palm-civet\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Palm Civet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Brown Palm Civet:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as <strong>Jerdon\u2019s palm civets,<\/strong> are endemic to the Western Ghats and play a vital ecological <strong>role as seed dispersers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is solitary and nocturnal, small carnivores that thrive in the high <strong>altitude tropical rainforests<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> Its distribution extends from Castle Rock in Goa to the southern tip of the <strong>Western Ghats in <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kalakkad-mundanthurai-tiger-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve<\/a>. It inhabits rainforest tracts at an elevation of 500\u20131,300 m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Habit<\/strong>: It is <strong>predominantly frugivorous,<\/strong> foraging over a wide range, but has one of the smallest diet ranges among South Asia\u2019s small carnivores.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN: <\/strong>Least Concern<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES\u00a0<\/strong> : Appendix III<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key facts about Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is situated in the <strong>Western Ghats of Maharashtra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a significant protected area within the larger Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary is closely associated with the <strong>Koyna Dam,<\/strong> which is one of the largest dams in Maharashtra. The dam is built <strong>on the Koyna River<\/strong> and serves as a crucial water reservoir for the region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> It is characterized by a variety of vegetation types, including <strong>evergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests<\/strong>, and <strong>deciduous forests<\/strong>. The flora includes valuable tree species like teak, shisham, and ain, along with a diverse understorey of shrubs and herbs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> It is home to a variety of wildlife, including Indian bison (gaur), Indian elephants, Indian leopards, sloth bears, sambar deer etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are Frugivores?<\/h3>\n<p>These are any animal that subsists totally or primarily on fruit. Although the diets of many animals include fruits, many species practice frugivory exclusively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/pune\/rare-sighting-brown-palm-civet-spotted-in-koyna-wildlife-sanctuary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare Sighting: Brown Palm Civet Spotted In Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brown Palm Civet is also known as Jerdon\u2019s palm civets, are endemic to the Western Ghats and play a vital ecological role as seed dispersers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}