Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-x4r87 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-29T05:27:07.011Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Snow Leopards in Nepal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Rodney Jackson
Rodney Jackson
Affiliation:
Bodega Bay Institute, 240 Fort Mason, San Francisco, California 94123, USA.
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Snow leopards are shy and nocturnal, inhabiting high and difficult mountain country. Nevertheless the author, who spent two months in the winter of 1976–77 in the Langu Valley in the Nepalese Himalaya, is convinced that numbers are declining due to over-hunting, a decline in their natural prey, and the increased use of alpine pastures by man and his livestock. Probably none of Nepal's mountain parks harbour snow leopards, and a large sanctuary for them is urgently needed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , November 1979 , pp. 191 - 195
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1979

References

1.Burrand, G. 1925. Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet. Herbert Jenkins, London320 pp.Google Scholar
2.Dang, H. 1967. The snow leopard and its prey. The Cheetal 10: 72–84.Google Scholar
3. Durham University Himalayan Expedition. 1977. Langtang Park Management Plan, 1977–1982. FO NEP/72/002. Field Document No. 7. FAO, Kathmandu. 237 pp.Google Scholar
4.Goodwin, H. and Holloway, C. 1972. Red Data Book; Volume 1, Mammalia. (Panthera uncia sheet, 1976). IUCN, Morges.Google Scholar
5.Jackson, R. In Press. Aboriginal hunting in west Nepal with reference to musk deer (Moschus moschiferus moschiferus) and snow leopard (Panthera uncia). (Accepted for publication 29 August, 1978). Biol. Cons.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6.Jackson, R. 1978. A report on wildlife and hunting in the Namlang (Langu) Valley of west Nepal. Unpubl. Ms. submitted to HMG, National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Kathmandu. 21 pp.Google Scholar
7.Roberts, J.T. 1977. The Mammals of Pakistan. Ernest Benn, London and Tonbridge. 361 pp.Google Scholar
8.Schaller, G.B. 1973. On the behavior of blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 69(3):523–537.Google Scholar
9.Schaller, G.B. 1976. Mountain mammals in Pakistan. Oryx 13(4):351–356.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
10.Schaller, G.B. 1977. Mountain Monarchs: Mountain Sheep and Goats of the Himalaya. University of Chicago, Chicago, 426 pp.Google Scholar
11.Stockley, C.H. 1936. Stalking in the Himalayas and Northern India. H. Jenkins, London.Google Scholar
12.Wegge, P. 1976. Himalayan Shikar Reserves: Surveys and Management Proposals. FO NEP/72/002. Field Document No. 5. FAO, Kathmandu. 96 pp.Google Scholar