Hunting record of endangered Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata in the Ziro Valley of Lower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh, India

We document a hunting record of a rare felid, Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata in Hija Village at the Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh. The ecological knowledge on marbled cats is limited in this part of the geographic range of this species. However, the threats like the hu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of threatened taxa 2013-01, Vol.5 (1), p.3583-3584
Hauptverfasser: Selvan, K. Muthamizh, Gopi, Govindhan Veeraswami, Habib, Bilal, Lyngdoh, Salvador
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Zusammenfassung:We document a hunting record of a rare felid, Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata in Hija Village at the Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh. The ecological knowledge on marbled cats is limited in this part of the geographic range of this species. However, the threats like the hunting directly impact the marbled cat populations. Initiatives to study the impact of the hunting practices and assessing the sustainability of these hunting practices on this species are required.
ISSN:0974-7893
0974-7907
DOI:10.11609/JoTT.o3208.100