Camera trap records confirm the survival of the Leopard (Panthera pardus L., 1758) in eastern Turkey (Mammalia: Felidae)

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dc.authoridKARATAS, AHMET/0000-0002-5985-2094
dc.authoridbulut, safak/0000-0003-0301-7775
dc.contributor.authorKaratas, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorBulut, Safak
dc.contributor.authorAkbaba, Burak
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:34:27Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:34:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe Leopard, Panthera pardus, was thought to be extinct or on the verge of extinction in Turkey towards the end of the 20(th) century. However, as leopards killed by local people were reported from the Turkish-Iraqi border area in the last two decades, we carried out field surveys in these regions in order to find out whether the species has survived. We set camera traps at more than 150 locations in Mardin, Siirt and Sirnak provinces in south-eastern Turkey in 2018 and 2019 and succeeded in obtaining altogether three pictures of leopards, probably of the same individual. The photographs, taken in July and December 2018, and in November 2019, are from two different sites on the northern slopes of Mount Cudi. Together with previous records, these observations indicate that a small population of the leopard has survived in the Turkish-Iraqi border area. Cudi Mountain may serve as a corridor for leopards moving between Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Our records comprise the first photographic evidence of living leopards in Turkey in the wild.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09397140.2021.1924419
dc.identifier.endpage205
dc.identifier.issn0939-7140
dc.identifier.issn2326-2680
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85105459633
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage198
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2021.1924419
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/15975
dc.identifier.volume67
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000648041900001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofZoology in the Middle East
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectCarnivora
dc.subjectthreatened mammals
dc.subjectAnatolia
dc.subjectŞ ı rnak
dc.subjectMount Cudi
dc.subjectdistribution
dc.titleCamera trap records confirm the survival of the Leopard (Panthera pardus L., 1758) in eastern Turkey (Mammalia: Felidae)
dc.typeArticle

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