India, Sept. 9 -- Camera traps have recorded the first photographic evidence of the elusive Pallas's cat high in the icy rangelands of Arunachal Pradesh, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said on Monday.
The survey by WWF-India also captured images of five other wild cats, including snow leopard, clouded leopard, leopard cat, common leopard and marbled cat, at altitudes above 4,200 metres.
WWF-India carried out the survey under its project 'Reviving Trans-Himalayan Rangelands - A Community-led Vision for People and Nature', funded by the UK Government through the Darwin Initiative with guidance from local communities and support from the Arunachal Pradesh's forest department.
The field team comprising Rohan Pandit, Taku Sai, Nisam Luxom and ...