Muntasir Akash

Allama Shibli Sadik, Muntasir Akash, Ashis Kumar Datta, Samiul Mohsanin, Md Sher‐E‐Afgan, Rima Akter and Humayun Kabir : Landowner Perceptions of Heronry Conservation in Human‐Dominated Wetlands of Bangladesh, Ecology and Evolution (impact factor:2.6) , vol.16 , no.7 Wiley , pp.1-13 , 2026 .

Muntasir Akash, Md. Rokonuzzaman, Sultan Ahmed, Mohammad Samiul Alam and Maximilian L. Allen : Den-Site Behavior of Bengal Foxes (Vulpes bengalensis) Reveals Persistent Use, Social Interactions, and Coexistence in Shared Spaces, Ecology and Evolution (impact factor:2.6) , vol.16 , no.4 Wiley , pp.1-15 , 2026 .

Muntasir Akash, Tania Zakir, Tahsina Saniat, Arjun Dheer and Arjun Srivathsa : No country for small cats: Systematic analysis of media-reported incidents unravel a troubled scenario for the fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus in Bangladesh, Global Ecology and Conservation (impact factor:3.5) , vol.59 Elsevier , 2025 .

Muntasir Akash, Abigail Gazzard, Rifa Nanziba, Sultan Ahmed, Haris Debbarma and Tania Zakir : Malayan porcupines in moonlight: Assessing nocturnal activity patterns, with a review of porcupine distributions in Bangladesh, Global Ecology and Conservation (impact factor:3.5) , vol.58 Elsevier , 2025 .

Muntasir Akash, Haris Debbarma, Amarta Chowdhury, Tania Zakir, Khondokar Sarafat and Sandeep Sharma : Assessing the conservation status of and challenges facing Asiatic black bears and Malayan sun bears in Bangladesh, Oryx (impact factor:2.7) Cambridge University Press , 2024 .

Muntasir Akash, Shofiul Alam, Mahzabin Muzahid Labi, Asma Siddika, Noor Sadek Islam, Dulal Chandra Howlader and Md. Niamul Naser : Ornithological collections at the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Indian Birds , vol.20 , no.2 New Ornis Foundation , pp.40-45 , 2024 .

Muntasir Akash, Mariano Javier Feldman, Animesh Ghose and Tania Zakir : Assessing habitat selection of the vulnerable Asian small-clawed otters in an anthropized riparian forest of eastern Bangladesh., Mammal Research (impact factor:1.5) , vol.69 Springer , pp.101–114 , 2024 .

Allama Shibli Sadik and Muntasir Akash : A treetop diner: camera trapping reveals novel arboreal foraging by fishing cats on colonial nesting birds in Bangladesh., Mammalia (impact factor:1.0) , vol.88 , no.2 De Gruyter , 2024 .

Muntasir Akash and Sourav Chakma : First evidence of Eurasian otters in post-independence Bangladesh, Otter , vol.9 the International Otter Survival Fund , pp.72-78 , 2023 .

Sukanya Hasan, Ranjit Rabi Das and Muntasir Akash : Recent incursions of nilgais (Boselaphus tragocamelus) into Bangladesh, a former range country, Gnusletter: Journal of the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group , vol.40 IUCN Antelope Specialist Group , pp.14-21 , 2023 .

Muntasir Akash, Suprio Chakma, Joyanto Biswas, Joyanto Biswas, Haris Debbarma, Tania Zakir, Hasan A. Rahman, Md Zaber Ansary and Jahidul Kabir : How far westward? Revisiting the distribution of Arctonyx badgers in the westernmost global range, Mammalia De Gruyter , 2022 .

Muntasir Akash, Fariha Iqbal and Sodanondo Mondal : Only south of the Ganges? On recent occurrences and distribution of smooth-coated otters in Bangladesh, Otter , vol.8 International Otter Survival Fund , pp.59-39 , 2022 .

Muntasir Akash, Sultan Ahmed, Joyanto Biswas, Mohammad Samiul Alam, Tania Zakir, Shah Mohammad Shafi, Azizul Islam Barkat, Md Tajul Islam, Haris Debbarma, Khurshed Alom and Chonchol Guala : What does a discovery tell Us? Camera-trapping insight into the Asian small-clawed otter in north-eastern Bangladesh, IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin , vol.39 , no.3 IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group , pp.158-170 , 2022 .

Yadav Ghimirey, Wyatt Joseph Petersen, Nasratullah Jahed, Muntasir Akash, Antony J. Lynam, Kun Shi, Jaffar Ud Din, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Priya Singh, Tashi Dhendup, Marcus A.H. Chua, Pyae Phyoe Kyaw and Thomas NE Gray : Prionailurus bengalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022., IUCN Red List Assessment , 2022 .

Muntasir Akash, Tania Zakir, Sultan Ahmed, Joyanto Biswas, Mohammad Samiul Alam, Chanchal Guala and Md Tazul Islam : Camera trapping insights into leopard cat movement in eastern Bangladesh, Cat News , vol.75 , no.Spring , pp.18-23 , 2022 .

MA Reza Khan, Enam Ul Haque, M Monirul H Khan, Inam Ahmed, Suprio Chakma, Habibon Naher, Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Sharif A. Mukul, Sayam U. Chowdhury, Shahriar Rahman, M. Tarik Kabir, Hasan Arif Rahman, Muntasir Akash, Mandira Mukutmoni, Animesh Ghose, Hassan Al-Razi and Sabir Bin Muzaffar : A Proposed Safari Park in a Subtropical Forest in Northeastern Bangladesh Will Be Detrimental to Native Biodiversity, Conservation , vol.2 , no.2 , pp.286-296 , 2022 .

Muntasir Akash and Anika Tabassum : First record of Clorida latreillei (Stomatopoda: Squillidae) from Bangladesh, with an annotated checklist of the Bangladeshi stomatopods, Journal of Asia-Pacific Diversity (impact factor:0.85) , vol.15 , no.2 Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). , pp.280-284 , 2022 .

Muntasir Akash, Rafsana Rahman, Rehnuma Jahan and Niamul Naser : On the rare occurrence of the pompano dolphinfish Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758 (carangiformes: coryphaenidae) in maritime Bangladesh waters, Species , vol.21 , no.68 , pp.1-10 , 2020 .

Muntasir Akash, Anika Tabassum, S. M. Shafi and Joyanto Biswas : Four new records of crabs (Brachyura, Dorippidae, Galenidae, Portunidae, Xanthidae) from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, Crustaceana (impact factor:0.794) , vol.93 , no.8 , pp.867-879 , 2020 .

Tania Zakir, Harish Debbarma and Muntasir Akash : Dhole Cuon alpinus in Satchari National Park: on the first verifiable evidence from northeast Bangladesh, Mammalia (impact factor:0.778) , pp.1-10 , 2020 .

Muntasir Akash, Umar Faruq Chowdhury, Fatema‑Tuz‑Zohora Khaleque, Rifath Nehleen Reza, Dulal Chandra Howlader, Mohammad Riazul Islam and Haseena Khan : On the reappearance of the Indian grey wolf in Bangladesh after 70 years: what do we know?, Mammalian Biology (impact factor:1.595) , 2020 .

Muntasir Akash and Tania Zakir : Appraising carnivore (Mammalia: Carnivora) studies in Bangladesh from 1971 to 2019 bibliographic retrieves: trends, biases, and opportunities, Journal of Threatened Taxa (impact factor:0.45) , vol.15 , no.12 , pp.17105–17120 , 2020 .

Tania Zakir, Muntasir Akash, Tania Khan and Mostafa A. R. Hossain : Dario kajal Britz & Kullander, 2013 (Percomorpha, Badidae): the first documentation of the genus Dario Kullander & Britz, 2002 from Bangladesh, Check List (impact factor:0.46) , vol.15 , no.1 , pp.229-233 , 2019 .

Muntasir Akash and Mostafa A. R. Hossain : A Southeast Asian species in the Ganges Delta: On spreading extent of non-native Trichopsis vittata in Bangladesh (Teleostei: Perciformes: Osphronemidae)., BioInvasions Records (impact factor:1.504) , vol.7 , no.4 , pp.447-450 , 2018 .

Anwar Palash, Muntasir Akash and Md. Anwarul Islam : Sociological dimensions of Human-Elephant conflict with trans-boundary herds in northern Bangladesh., Gajah: IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group journal , vol.48 , pp.12-19 , 2018 .

Muntasir Akash, Tania Khan and Sayam U. Chowdhury : Association of grassland birds with Saccharum-Imperata patch in a northeastern tea estate of Bangladesh., Journal of Threatened Taxa (impact factor:0.44) , vol.10 , no.7 , pp.11831-11843 , 2018 .

Gawsia W. Chowdhury, Nime Sarker, Muntasir Akash and Gulshan A. Latifa : An enquiry on ichthyodiversity of the chalan beel, a key ichthyofaunal hotspot of northwestern Bangladesh, Ecoprint: An International Journal of Ecology , vol.24 , pp.37-46 , 2017 .

Muntasir Akash, Nusrat Jahan and Mahatub Khan Badhon : Occurrence of a huntsman spider Olios lamarcki Latreille, 1806 (Araneae: Araneomorphae: Sparassidae) from Nijhum Dwip, Bangladesh., Bangladesh Journal of Zoology , vol.45 , no.1 , pp.97-100 , 2017 .

Muntasir Akash and Gawsia W. Chowdhury : First record of the Bengal Fiddler Crab Uca (Austruca) bengali Crane, 1975 (Braychura: Ocypodidae) from Kuakata National Park, Bangladesh., Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.26 , no.2 , pp.199-203 , 2017 .

Muntasir Akash, Tania Khan and Sayam U. Chowdhury : Grassland specialist birds in a managed habitat of north-east Bangladesh., Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.26 , no.2 , pp.175-187 , 2017 .

Gawsia W. Chowdhury, Muntasir Akash and Alifa B. Haque : Status of the Ganges River Shark Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)., Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.26 , no.1 , pp.111-116 , 2017 .

Muntasir Akash and Mostafa A. R. Hossain : First record of the Two Striped Box Crab, Calappa bilineata Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh., Journal of Threatened Taxa (impact factor:0.44) , vol.9 , no.1 , pp.9771-9773 , 2017 .

M.F.A. Banu, Muntasir Akash, Gawsia W. Chowhdury and Md. Anwar Hossain : Status and seasonal occurrence of birds in Dhaka University campus., Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.25 , no.1 , pp.27-37 , 2016 .

Sultana Rajia, Md. Mahbub Alam, Gawsia W. Chowdhury, Muntasir Akash and Md. Anwarul Islam : Status and Diversity of Birds of Ramna Park, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Bangladesh Journal of Zoology , vol.43 , no.2 , pp.291-301 , 2016 .

Muntasir Akash, Md. Anwar Hossain, Gawsia W. Chowdhury, Humayra Mahmud and Md. Anwarul Islam : Status of Avifauna in Curzon Hall Premises, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh., Ecoprint: An International Journal of Ecology , vol.20 , pp.1-8 , 2014 .

Muntasir Akash, Arjun Dheer, Stephanie M Dloniak and Andrew P Jacobson : The faded stripes of Bengal: a historical perspective on the easternmost distribution of the striped hyena, European Journal of Wildlife Research (impact factor:2.038) , vol.67 , 2021 .

Muntasir Akash, Scott Trageser, Tania Zakir, Shahriar Caesar Rahman, Fatema-tuz-zohora Khaleque Mila and Animesh Ghose : Detecting the spots: A review on leopard occurrences in Bangladesh, Cat News (impact factor:0.8) , vol.73 , no.Spring IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group , pp.20 - 26 , 2021 .

Tania Zakir, Joyanto Biswas, Mohammad Samiul Alam, Shah Mohammad Shafi, Sultan Ahmed, Azizul Islam Barkat and Muntasir Akash "Finding fantastic beasts: A camera-trapping story on threatened carnivore mammals inhabiting forgotten forests of northeast Bangladesh." Student Conference on Conservation Sciences University of Cambridge, 2022 .

Muntasir Akash, Tania Zakir, Tahsina Saniat and Anika Tabassum "A cat out of water: Assessing spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of human-fishing cat conflict in Bangladesh from media reports." Student Conference on Conservation Sciences University of Cambridge, 2022 .

Muntasir Akash, Anika Tabassum, Tania Zakir, Joyanto Biswas and Shah Mohammad Shafi "Two stomatopods, one xenophthalmid decapod, one cymothid isopod: cursory expeditions to the Sundarbans adds four new crustaceans for Bangladesh." The 21st International Biennial Conference & AGM 2019 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh , pp. 103-104. Dhaka: the Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2019 .

Ashikur Rahman Shome and Muntasir Akash "Fish diversity in a Lower Ganges district of Bangladesh." 21st National Conference and AGM 2019 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh Dhaka: the Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2019 .

Meherun N. Sultana and Muntasir Akash "Biodiversity registration of the Dharmapur forest beat, a wet deciduous patch of Dinajpur district, northern Bangladesh." The 21st National Conference and AGM 2018 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh , pp. 89-90. Dhaka: the Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2018 .

Muntasir Akash, Meherun N. Sultana, Anwar Palash and Nusrat Jahan Urmy "On surveying the rocky tidal habitats of St Martin’s Island: Bangladesh gets nine new species, eight new genera and two new families.." The 21st National Conference and AGM 2018 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh , pp. 98-99. Dhaka: The Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2018 .

Anwar Palash, Meherun N. Sultana, Tania Zakir and Muntasir Akash "An updated assessment of the anthropogenic encounter patterns and rates of the globally Endangered fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett, 1833) in Bangladesh.." The 21st National Conference and AGM 2018 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh , pp. 103. Dhaka: the Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2018 .

Sabrina Sabbir, Ummye Shakera, Muntasir Akash, Gawsia W. Chowdhury and Alifa B. Haque "The 21st National Conference and AGM 2018 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh,." The 20th International Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting, the Zoological Society of Bangladesh , pp. 83. Dhaka: 2017 .

Muntasir Akash "An Analysis on Diversity in Exotic Aquatic Pet Trade: A Potential Threat to Fisheries Resources of Bangladesh." The 7th Biennial Fisheries Conference and Research Fair, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum , pp. 19. Dhaka: Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum, 2016 .