Kumar, Ajit https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4167-8489
Sharma, Anand
Negi, Naveen
Badola, Ruchi
Hussain, Syed Ainul
Gupta, Sandeep Kumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Jal Shakti (B-03/2015–16/1077/NMCG–NEW PROPOSAL, B-03/2015–16/1077/NMCG–NEW PROPOSAL, B-03/2015–16/1077/NMCG–NEW PROPOSAL, B-03/2015–16/1077/NMCG–NEW PROPOSAL, B-03/2015–16/1077/NMCG–NEW PROPOSAL, B-03/2015–16/1077/NMCG–NEW PROPOSAL)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2025
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 5 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study utilized non-invasive biological sample collection provided by the forest departments. However, we obtained prior approval from the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) under letter no. WII/IAEC/2017-18 dated 25/06/2020.