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An elusive thick-furred feline has been
caught on camera for the first time in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
A camera trap captured images of
the fluffy
Pallas's cat, also known as the manul, in the country's sprawling Wangchuck
Centennial Park (WCP), which is also home to the snow
leopard and Himalayan black bear. Pallas's cats had never been
documented in the region before, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
"This is an exciting and remarkable
discovery that proves that the Pallas's cat exists in the Eastern
Himalayas," Rinjan Shrestha, a conservation scientist with WWF, said in a
statement. "This probably indicates a relatively undisturbed habitat,
which gives us hope, not only for the Pallas's cat, but also the snow leopard,
Tibetan wolf and other threatened species that inhabit the region".
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