First record of Rusty Spotted Cat from Ramgarh-Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India

Sailaja Nayak, Sunny Shah & Jimmy Borah | Journal of Threatened Taxa
The Rusty-spotted Cat is listed as a Schedule I species under the WPA, 1972.
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Though the cat ranges from Tamil Nadu in the south to Jammu & Kashmir in north, its distribution is yet to be documented clearly.

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Sailaja Nayak, Sunny Shah & Jimmy Borah

All three authors are from WWF-India.



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