Does the leopard Panthera pardus still exist in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountains of Turkey?
The Anatolian leopard Panthera pardus tulliana is categorized as Critically Endangered, and the last known record of this subspecies in Turkey was the finding of fresh faecal pellets in 1992 in Termossos National Park. The leopard formerly occurred across most of Turkey, but particularly in the west...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0030605304000407 2024-04-07T07:56:31+00:00 Does the leopard Panthera pardus still exist in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountains of Turkey? Baskaya, Sagdan Bilgili, Ertugrul 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605304000407 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030605304000407 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Oryx volume 38, issue 2, page 228-232 ISSN 0030-6053 1365-3008 Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2004 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605304000407 2024-03-08T00:37:01Z The Anatolian leopard Panthera pardus tulliana is categorized as Critically Endangered, and the last known record of this subspecies in Turkey was the finding of fresh faecal pellets in 1992 in Termossos National Park. The leopard formerly occurred across most of Turkey, but particularly in the west, south and south-east regions. In this study we investigated the existence of the leopard in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountains in the north-east, where there have been no records of the leopard since 1956. Surveys for leopard sign, lasting 2–8 days each, were carried out from 1993 to 2002 at 46 sites. We found leopard footprints, which could be clearly differentiated from those of lynx Lynx lynx by their size, at 16 survey sites from Çapans Mountains in the west to Karçal Mountain in the east. Further work now needs to be carried out to ascertain the size and status of the remaining leopard population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Cambridge University Press Oryx 38 2 228 232 |
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The Anatolian leopard Panthera pardus tulliana is categorized as Critically Endangered, and the last known record of this subspecies in Turkey was the finding of fresh faecal pellets in 1992 in Termossos National Park. The leopard formerly occurred across most of Turkey, but particularly in the west, south and south-east regions. In this study we investigated the existence of the leopard in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountains in the north-east, where there have been no records of the leopard since 1956. Surveys for leopard sign, lasting 2–8 days each, were carried out from 1993 to 2002 at 46 sites. We found leopard footprints, which could be clearly differentiated from those of lynx Lynx lynx by their size, at 16 survey sites from Çapans Mountains in the west to Karçal Mountain in the east. Further work now needs to be carried out to ascertain the size and status of the remaining leopard population. |
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Does the leopard Panthera pardus still exist in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountains of Turkey? |
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Does the leopard Panthera pardus still exist in the Eastern Karadeniz Mountains of Turkey? |
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