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The clouded leopard in Sumatra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Charles Santiapillai
Affiliation:
WWF/IUCN Indonesia Programme, PO Box 133, Bogor, Indonesia
Kenneth R. Ashby
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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Abstract

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Few people see the clouded leopard, and its elusiveness makes it a difficult subject for scientific study. In Sumatra, there has been no serious research on the species, and the authors present the scanty information on its distribution there and stress the urgent need for a survey to establish the whereabouts of viable populations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1988

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