Wild Mountain Ungulates of Rakchham-Chhitkul Wildlife Sanctuary in Trans-Himalayan Baspa (Sangla) Valley, District Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Authors

  • Rakesh Kumar Negi

Keywords:

biodiversity, ungulates, trans-himalaya, musk deer

Abstract

Biodiversity is the essence and manifestation of evolutionary history of life on earth and species is the most conspicous form of the biodiversity Ungulates are the hoofed mammalian species of vertebrates Exploration of Rakchham- Chhitkul Wildlife Sanctuary present in the Baspa Sangla valley district Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh India revealed the presence of three species of wild ungulates belonging to three genera and two Families Moschidae and Bovidae of Order Artiodactyla It was further observed that no wild member of Order Perissodactyla was present in the study area It was found that the Bharal or Blue Sheep is the most populous ungulate in the sanctuary area

How to Cite

Rakesh Kumar Negi. (2017). Wild Mountain Ungulates of Rakchham-Chhitkul Wildlife Sanctuary in Trans-Himalayan Baspa (Sangla) Valley, District Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 17(B1), 5–10. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/1948

Wild Mountain Ungulates of Rakchham-Chhitkul Wildlife Sanctuary in Trans-Himalayan Baspa (Sangla) Valley, District Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Published

2017-01-15