Uddin, Wasim
Khan, Gulafsha
Narayan, Sneha
Sharma, Neha
Holeyachi, Basavaraj S.
Hakeem, Md. Abdul
Siva, Archana Bharadwaj
Reddy, P. Anuradha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3808-7223
Funding for this research was provided by:
SBI Foundation (GAP570)
Article History
Received: 3 December 2024
Accepted: 18 June 2025
First Online: 29 July 2025
Declarations
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: Permissions to collect samples for this study were granted by Chief Wildlife Wardens of West Bengal (No.1703/WL/4R-31/2021, dated 01/09/2021), Maharashtra (No: Desk-22(8)/WL/Research/CR-37(21–22)/1344/21–21, Nagpur, dated 07/09/2021), Telangana (No.26803/2012/WL-2, dated 14/09/2021), Assam (No. WL/FG/31/Research.T.C./28th T.C.2021, dated 20/12/2021), Tamil Nadu (No.4822/2021/WL1, dated 28/01/2022), Madhya Pradesh (No./M.H.-II/ Research/2824, Bhopal, dated 13/04/2022), Karnataka (No.PCCF(WL)/E2/CR-37/2021-22, dated 17/05/2022), and Uttar Pradesh (No. 23-2-12(G), Lucknow, dated 20/05/2022).
: All authors in our study (Wasim Uddin, Gulafsha Khan, Sneha Narayan, Neha Sharma, Basavaraj S. Holeyachi, Md. Abdul Hakeem, Archana Bharadwaj Siva and P. Anuradha Reddy) agree to the publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.