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Assessing the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India [1]

A Group of Experts has submitted a detailed assessment of the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India, recommending three potential sites for reintroduction. The cheetah, which is a flagship specie of the deciduous dryland/grassland ecosystem, became extinct in India in the 1960s. The word "cheetah" derived from the sanskrit word citrak?yah.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2010
N. K. Bohra & et al [2], G Balachandran [3]
Wildlife Institute of India [4]
Tags:
Grasslands [5], Wildlife [6], National Parks [7], Desert NP [8], Sanctuaries [9], Bagdara SA [10], Kaimur SA [11], Nauradehi SA [12], Palpur-Kuno SA [13], Sanjay Dubri SA [14], India [15], Chhattisgarh [16], Gujarat [17], Madhya Pradesh [18], Rajasthan [19], Uttar Pradesh [20], Dehradun [21], Wildlife Institute of India [4], N. K. Bohra & et al [2], G Balachandran [3]

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