Abstract

Sighting of spiny dormouse Platacanthomys lasiurus in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Thiruvanathapuram District, Kerala is reported in this paper. This report is after the 30 years of an initial report by Ellerman. External measurements of a subadult male and a subadult female were described. Nests were found on Terminalia bellerica, T. paniculata, Persea macrantha, Dillenia retusa and Careya arborea