The first-ever IUCN assessment of the Himalayan Wolf is out.
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The Himalayan Wolf Canis lupus ssp. chanco is classified as Vulnerable under C2a(ii) based on population size estimate of 2,275-3,792 mature individuals based on best available data while also acknowledging uncertainty in this estimate,” the assessment on the Red List website read.The Himalayan Wolf (Canis lupus chanco), a prominent lupine predator found across the Himalayas the taxonomic status of which was a puzzle till late, has been assessed for the first time in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List. And the news is bad.
The animal has been categorised as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List. The assessment was done on June 27, 2023.
It added that all individuals were in one subpopulation stretching across the Himalayan range of Nepal and India and across the Tibetan Plateau.
“Small area of wolf habitat is also available in Uttarakhand and Sikkim states of India, where a few more individuals could be present,” it added.
Area: 595,000 km²
Highest point: Mount Everest, Countries: India, Nepal, China, Bhutan
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