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Letro, L.; Duba, D.; Tandin, T.; Wangdi, S.
Rare capture of a snow leopard in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Bhutan
2021 Cat News (73): 29-32
Biological corridors connecting different protected areas are expected to enhance wildlife movement and dispersal between the protected areas in Bhutan. Here, we report a rare capture of snow leopard _Panthera uncia_ by remotely triggered camera traps in the alpine landscape of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in central Bhutan. The camera trap location is far away from the prime snow leopard habitats in Wangchuck Centennial National Park in northern Bhutan. Therefore, we analysed the landscape structure of a biological corridor that connects the two protected areas to establish possible landscape linkage for snow leopard movement between the two national parks. The biological corridor with highly elevated ridge and forested habitat with diverse ungulate species is expected to have enabled the rare movement of snow leopard, signifying that effective management of biological corridors is crucial for wildlife movement.
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