New data on the status of the jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) in Azerbaijan

Nikolai Spassov; Elshad Askerov; Assen Ignatov; Ilya Acosta-Pankov

Nikolai Spassov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-7457; Elshad Askerov; Assen Ignatov https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0922-8098; Ilya Acosta-Pankov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7275-0482

Volume 42 [Issue 1]: 1–3 · 4 February 2021

Abstract: The article presents new data on the status of the jungle cat (Felis chaus) in Azerbaijan, a species from the Red Data Book of Azerbaijan.

Keywords: Azerbaijan, Felis chaus, Transcaucasia

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