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

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dc.authoridKarataş, Ahmet / 0000-0002-5985-2094
dc.contributor.authorKarataş, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorBulut, Şafak
dc.contributor.authorAkbaba, Burak
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-01T15:05:43Z
dc.date.available2021-11-01T15:05:43Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentHitit Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetik Bölümü
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.citationKarataş, A., Bulut, Ş., & Akbaba, B. (2021). Camera trap records confirm the survival of the Leopard (Panthera pardus L., 1758) in eastern Turkey (Mammalia: Felidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 1-8.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09397140.2021.1924419
dc.identifier.endpage205en_US
dc.identifier.issn0939-7140
dc.identifier.issn2326-2680
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85105459633
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage198en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2021.1924419
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11491/7382
dc.identifier.volume67en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000648041900001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorBulut, Şafak
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.subjectCarnivoraen_US
dc.subjectThreatened Mammalsen_US
dc.subjectAnatoliaen_US
dc.subjectŞırnaken_US
dc.subjectMount Cudien_US
dc.subjectDistributionen_US
dc.titleCamera trap records confirm the survival of the Leopard (Panthera pardus L., 1758) in eastern Turkey (Mammalia: Felidae)
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