The Tibetan Wolf Canis lupus chanco Gray (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in northeastern India with a recent sighting from northern Sikkim, India

The Tibetan Wolf Canis lupus chanco which is a relatively rarer subspecies of the wolf C. lupus occurs in Sikkim in North-east India with unconfirmed reports from Arunachal Pradesh. Its range in Sikkim is in the high elevation areas. There are very few sighting records from the state. This article r...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Main Author: Anwaruddin Choudhury
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2015
Subjects:
Tibetan wolf
Canis lupus chanco
North Sikkim
freal dogs
Ecology
QH540-549.5
General. Including nature conservation
geographical distribution
QH1-199.5
Canis lupus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o4206.7475-6
https://doaj.org/article/07fd8c6711ce45cdb535ce07e77867a2
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Summary:The Tibetan Wolf Canis lupus chanco which is a relatively rarer subspecies of the wolf C. lupus occurs in Sikkim in North-east India with unconfirmed reports from Arunachal Pradesh. Its range in Sikkim is in the high elevation areas. There are very few sighting records from the state. This article reports an observation made recently between Thangu and Gyagong or Gogong in North Sikkim district at 4,250m elevation on 17 April 2014. Presence of feral dogs are threats to the Wolf as well as its prey base.

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