Taxonomy
Assessment Information
- IUCN Red List Category and Criteria
- Least Concern ver 3.1
- Assessment language
- English
- Year published
- 2016
- Date assessed
- 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC
Geographic Range
This species is present in northwestern South Asia, and western, central and southern China. In South Asia, this species has been recorded widely distributed in the Himalaya of India, Nepal and Pakistan at elevations of 3,500 to 5,200 m asl (Molur et al. 2005).In China, it is found in Qinghai, Xizang, western Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Xinjiang (Smith and Xie 2005). Steppes of southern Russia and Kazakhstan, west of Poland and Romania but range now reduced in west, mountain of Asia from Altai to south of Tibet. In Nepal found in Mustang district.
Population
Habitat and Ecology
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Threats
There are no major threats to this species as a whole. In South Asia, the species is locally threatened by hunting for food and ethnomedicinal use, mortality from domestic predators, habitat disturbance resulting from civil unrest, and overgrazing of its habitat by domestic livestock (Molur et al. 2005).
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Use trade
Text summary
It is presumably present in many protected areas. It occurs in Annapurna Conservation Area, Sagarmatha National Park, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Makalu Barun National Park in Nepal. The species is included in the Schedule II (Part II) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and listed in Appendix III of CITES (India). Survey, taxonomic research, limiting factors studies and monitoring are recommended (Molur et al. 2005).