Trail cameras capture Pallas's cat at Charyn National Park
10:35, 8 September 2024
The trail cameras captured a Pallas's cat, also known as the manul, at the Charyn State National Nature Park, Kazinform News Agency cites the park’s press service.
The species is listed in the Red Book as ‘rare’.
The manul is a small wild cat with long, soft, and dense light grey fur with up to 9,000 hairs per square cm.
Kazakhstan prohibited manul hunting in 1976.
Earlier, the Burabai State National Nature Park workers discovered a rare species of fungi.
On September 4 Kazinform News Agency reported, Goitered gazelles included in the Red Book of Kazakhstan were captured by trail cameras at the Charyn State National Park of Almaty region.