Assessing the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India
Assessing the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India
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