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Nair, R.; Yimkhiung, A.; Yimkhiung, H.; Yimkhiung, K.; Yimkhiung, Y.; Wungtung, T.; Basker, A.; Nijhawan, S.
High elevation record of clouded leopard in community forests of Nagaland, India
2021 Cat News (73): 27-29
Clouded leopards _Neofelis nebulosa_ are largely thought to inhabit low elevation primary evergreen rainforests across their known range. Here, we present a camera trap record of a clouded leopard captured at an elevation of 3,700 m in community-owned forests along the Indo-Myanmar border in Nagaland, India. We believe this is one of the highest records ever of a clouded leopard in India. Local communities in Nagaland own and manage a large majority of the region's forests, with a range of village-specific management regimes. Our surveys found these community forests to host a high diversity and abundance of several globally threatened taxa. We recommend more surveys, conducted ethically, equitably and collaboratively with local people, within non-state protected forests which may hold potential for scientifically unregistered populations of clouded leopards and other threatened wild felids.
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