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Lydia Smith

Grumpy-looking Pallas's cat photographed by camera trap in stunning photo from eastern Himalayas

First Photographic Evidence of the 'Pallas's cat above 4992 masl.

The elusive Pallas's cat has been photographed in a region of India's eastern Himalayas that it's never been seen in before. The camera trap image, showing the grumpy-looking, fluffy cat in a snowy landscape, is the first photographic evidence of the species in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Pallas's cats (Otocolobus manul) are among the world's least studied wild felines and are rarely photographed. Their appearance in Arunachal Pradesh represents a significant expansion of their known range in the eastern Himalayas, having already been spotted in Sikkim in India, Bhutan and eastern Nepal.

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