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| Webb, R.; Francis, S.; Telfer, P.; Guillemont, A. | |
| Chinese mountain cat and Pallas's cat co-existing on the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan | |
| 2016 Cat News (63): 31-33 | |
Chinese mountain cat _Felis bieti_ remained virtually unknown in the wild until Yin et al. (2007) presented the first photographs of the species in the wild taken on the Tibetan Plateau. Sanderson et al. (2010) provide an excellent overview of what is known about the species but to date there appears to be little information on the species ability to co-exist alongside other carnivores. Here we provide what appears to be the first evidence of Chinese mountain cat living alongside both Pallas's cat _Otocolobus manul_ and Tibetan fox _Vulpes ferrilata_ in the Rouergai area on the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan. |
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