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| Balciauskas, L.; Balciauskiene, L.; Litvaitis, J.A.; Tuusas, E. | |
| Preliminary impressions of a citizen-scientist effort to monitor large carnivores in Lithuania | |
| 2017 Beitr„ge zur Jagd- und Wildforschung (42): 37-41 | |
Four species of large carnivores (further LC) are currently found in Lithuania. Two of these, wolves (_Canis lupus_) and lynxes (_Felis lynx_) have permanent populations; whereas brown bears (_Ursus arctos_) are transient (but occasionally hibernate in country) and golden jackals (_Canis aureus_) only recently colonized Lithuania and other Baltic countries. Conservation status of brown bears in the Lithuanian Red Data Book is category 0 (Ex) - extinct, lynx is category 1 (E) - endangered, wolves and golden jackals are game species with regulated harvest seasons. |
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