About the Authors

Bindu Pant

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Hari Prasad Sharma

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hpsharma@cdztu.edu.np

Affiliation Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bhagawan Raj Dahal

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoological Society of London Nepal Office, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sandeep Regmi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Jerrold L. Belant

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.