Maheswari, Radhakrishnan Uma
Thiyagarajan, Kalaiyarasan Boopathy
Amarnath, Chandrasekaran Bala
Sakthinarenderan, Saikumar
Vasanthakumari, Dhayanithi
Senbagapriya, Sekar
Article History
Received: 4 October 2025
Revised: 9 April 2026
Accepted: 26 April 2026
First Online: 7 May 2026
Declarations
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: The Centre for Wildlife Forensic Sciences, Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation, Chennai, India, has been notified as a ‘Government Scientific Expert’ under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 . Consequently, the AIWC receives seized samples from the court or government enforcement officials for species identification purposes. In this context, the case samples discussed in this manuscript were obtained at our institute for analysis.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.