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The clouded leopard in Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Alan Rabinowitz
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation International, New York Zoological Society, Bronx, NY, NY 10460, USA.
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Abstract

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There has never been a thorough survey of Taiwan's clouded leopard population, and some believe it may no longer survive there. The author conducted a preliminary survey in 1986 and discovered that the last reported sighting of the species was in 1983.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1988

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