Mammal occurrence records (2024) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India

This dataset contains Mammal occurrence records (November 2023 - October 2024) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. It includes a few occurrence records from other parts of southern India. Occurrence records were gathered in the field by researchers of the Nature Conservation Foundation, India, using a mobile data collection application (EpiCollect5). Suggested citation is:Nature Conservation Foundation (2024). Mammal occurrence records (2024) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Nature Conservation Foundation, India. Dataset, Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13910696 CONTACT #11. Name: T. R. Shankar Raman 2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India3. Work Phone: [phone]. Email address: [e-mail] 5. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953

CONTACT #21. Name: Divya Mudappa 2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India3. Work Phone: [phone]. Email address: [e-mail] 5. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826

Keywords: tropical rainforest, plantations, Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, animal distribution, mammals 

Geographic Coverage:1. Location/Study Area: Valparai Plateau, Tamil Nadu, India; Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India2. GPS coordinates: Valparai Plateau (10°15'- 10°22'N, 76°52' - 76°59'E); Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°12' - 10°35'N, 76°49' - 77°24'E)

Temporal Coverage:1. Begins: 2023-11-01 (Year, Month, Day)2. Ends: 2024-10-01 (Year, Month, Day)

Besides the 00_readMe.txt file containing this information, the dataset includes 23 images (photographs) and two comma-delimited text (csv) files as explained below:1) 01_anamalai-mammals-2024.csv -- This file has the main mammal occurrence data with relevant and renamed columns derived from the original downloaded csv file from the EpiCollect5 application website.

2) 02_nameMatch.csv -- This file matches the vernacular name as originally recorded with the correct common name and scientific name

+23 image files (with ".jpg" file extension)

FILES INCLUDED IN DATASET

01_anamalai-mammals-2024.csvThis file has the main mammal occurrence data with relevant and renamed columns derived from the original downloaded csv file from the EpiCollect5 application website.ec5_uuid: Unique ID for each observationcreated_at: Automatic time stamp of date and time when record was created on the mobile appuploaded_at: Automatic time stamp of date and time when record was uploaded using the mobile apprecordedBy: Name of observertitle: Title assigned to each record (composite of date, species, and type of observation)lat_gps: Latitude in decimal degrees Nlong_gps: Longitude in decimal degrees Eaccuracy_gps: Horizontal accuracy of GPS location in metresUTM_Northing_gps: Latitude in UTMUTM_Easting_gps: Longitude in UTMUTM_Zone_gps: UTM ZoneeventDate: Date in ISO format (yyyy-mm-dd)verbatimEventDate: Date in format originally recorded (dd/mm/yyyy)eventTime: Time of observationvernacularName: Species common name as initially recordedindividualCount: Number of individuals observedoccurrenceRemarks: type of observationhabitat: Habitat typephoto: Filename of photo if available (NA otherwise)eventRemarks: Notes or remarks about the observation

02_nameMatch.csvThis file matches the name as originally recorded with the correct common name and scientific name.vernacularName: Common or English name as initially recorded scientificName: Scientific name of the species

+23 image files (.jpg extension)