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| Kotia, A.; Angmo, K.; Rawat, G.S. | |
| Sighting of a Eurasian lynx near Chushul village in Ladakh, India | |
| 2011 Cat News (54): 18-19 | |
In India the status of the Eurasian lynx _Lynx lynx_ is unknown despite it being recognized as a Schedule I species under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972 (WPA). The inaccessibility of the areas where the species is found often makes scientific studies difficult to conduct with specific reference to this species which is often persecuted by local communities primarily as a result of habitat loss and livestock predation. Here we report an observation of a lynx in Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary in the Indian cold desert of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir. |
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