Observations on some large mammals of the Transaltai, Djungarian and Shargin Gobi, Mongolia

• Main Authors: Dash, Y., Szaniawski, A., Child, G.S., Hunkeler, P.
• Other Authors: Wildlife Officer, Department of Wildlife Management, Ministry of Forests and Timber Industries, Mongolia, Wildlife Officer, UNDP/FAO Project MON/68/002, Ulan Bator, Wildlife and National Parks Officer, FAO, Rome, Programme Officer, IUCN, 1110, Morges. Vaud, Suisse
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Société nationale de protection de la nature et d'acclimatation de France, Paris (FRA) 1977
• Subjects: Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2042/58312

Résultats des missions préliminaires à l’établissement d’un Parc National de 3 800 000 ha et d’une Réserve de 900 000 ha en République Populaire de Mongolie. La faune des grands mammi fères de la région est encore riche et des renseignements biolo giques sont donnés sur plusieurs espèces. Le cheval de Przewalski est malheureusement disparu à l’état sauvage. This paper describes the efforts being made by the Mongolian authorities to protect the Fauna and Flora of the Gobi region and records significant observations made during a series of expedi tions to this region organized from 1972 to 1976, particularly on Panther a unicaf Canis lupus , Ursus pruinosus , Equus przewalskii, Equus hemionus, Camelus bactrianus, Capra sibirica, Ovis ammon, Gazella subgutturosa and Saiga tatarica mongolica.