Conservation of a new breeding population of Caucasian lynx(Lynx lynx dinniki) in eastern Turkey

Authors : Mark CHYNOWETH, Emrah ÇOBAN, Çağan ŞEKERCİOĞLU

Pages : 541-543

Doi:10.3906/zoo-1405-10

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Current data on the distribution and ecology of the Eurasian lynx insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Lynx lynx); in Turkey are limited. Furthermore, lynx in the Caucasus region are likely to represent a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx, the Caucasian lynx insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(L. l. dinniki);. Throughout its range, lynx increasingly face threats due to human activity, with habitat loss and prey depletion being of particular concern in eastern Turkey. As part of our camera trapping efforts to monitor large carnivores in the Sarıkamış-Allahuekber National Park and surrounding forests in Kars and Erzurum provinces, eastern Turkey, we have documented a breeding population of Caucasian lynx outside the species` published range. In addition to the threats above, vehicle strikes, poaching, and guardian dogs also threaten this small population. There is an urgent need for ecological research, awareness raising, and community-based conservation efforts focused on large carnivores in the region.
Keywords : Anatolia, camera trapping, carnivore, cats, Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, human wildlife conflict, threatened species