Aftab Alam Usmani

Employment

• Wildlife Institute of India

Education

• Aligarh Muslim University Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Wildlife Science
  2008 - 2010
• Saurashtra University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Wildlife Science
• Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Projects & Funding

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Publications (13)

• First photographic record of the Northern Swamp Deer Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii in Upper Ganga River Ramsar Site, India
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2026 DOI: 10.11609/jott.10475.18.7.29336-29339
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• First photographic record of Smooth-coated Otter <Lutrogale perspicillata> from the canals in Upper Ganga Ramsar Site, Uttar Pradesh, India
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2026 DOI: 10.11609/jott.10367.18.3.28573-28577
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• Genome Assembly of Gangetic Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Reveals Signature of Regressive Evolution
  Genome Biology and Evolution 2025 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf227
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• An annotated checklist of aquatic avifauna in the human-dominated middle stretch of the Ganga River
  Check List 2025 DOI: 10.15560/21.3.596
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• Mapping hotspots and unveiling drivers of mortality in the endangered Gangetic Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) to mitigate human-mediated conservation conflicts in the Ganga River Basin, India
  Ecological Informatics 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103239
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• Conservation planning for Gangetic dolphin ( Platanista gangetica ) in smaller rivers of the Ganga River Basin, India
  Global Ecology and Conservation 2024 DOI: 10.1016/J.GECCO.2024.E02900
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• Population genetics of the critically endangered three-striped turtle, Batagur dhongoka, from the Ganga river system using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analysis
  Scientific Reports 2024 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-024-54816-0
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• Westward range extension of Burmese Python Python bivittatus in and around the Ganga Basin, India: a response to changing climatic factors
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2023 DOI: 10.11609/jott.8330.15.4.23061-23074
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• Prioritising river stretches using multi-modelling habitat suitability of Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) as a flagship species for aquatic biodiversity conservation in the Ganga River Basin, India
  Ecological Indicators 2022 DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2022.109680
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• Comparative Mitogenomics of Two Critically Endangered Turtles, Batagur Kachuga and Batagur Dhongoka (Testudines: Geoemydidae): Implications in Phylogenetics of Freshwater Turtles
  Research Square 2021 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-690457/v1
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