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| Hance, J. | |
| Photos: highest diversity of cats in the world discovered in threatened forest of India | |
| 2010 Newspaper | |
Using camera traps over a two-year period, wildlife biologist Kashmira Kakati has discovered seven species of wild cats living in the same forest: the Jeypore-Dehing lowland forests in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Yet the cat-crazy ecosystem is currently threatened by deforestation, unsustainable extractive industries, including crude oil and coal, and big hydroelectric projects. Some of the cats are also imperiled by poachers. In light of this discovery, conservationists are calling on the Indian government to protect the vulnerable forest system. Other ecosystems support large cat diversity: such as five documented species in Borneo and perhaps six species in parts of Amazonia. But this is first time anyone has ever documented seven. |
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