Journal
ORYX
Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 403-406Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605316000296
Keywords
Camera trapping; Canis lupus; distribution; faecal survey; genetic data; grey wolf
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- WWF UK
- WWF US
- USAID
- Lund University
- Rufford Small Grants Foundation
- Lunds Djurskyddsfond
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The grey wolf Canis lupus lupus is Critically Endangered in Nepal, and is a protected species there. Understanding the species' status and distribution is critical for its conservation in the Nepalese Himalaya. We assessed the distribution of the grey wolf in the Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan regions using data from faecal and camera trap surveys and published data sources. We recorded.. instances of wolf presence. Using these data we estimated a distribution of 28,553 Km(2) which includes potential as well as known habitat and comprise 73% of the Nepalese Himalaya. There is evidence of recovery of the grey wolf population in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area in the eastern portion of the species' range. A livestock insurance scheme has been shown to be a viable option to reduce retaliatory killing of wolves as a result of livestock depredation. The wolf plays an important ecological role in the Himalaya, and its conservation should not be delayed by the ongoing taxonomic debate about its subspecific status.
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