Sunda leopards under threat


Tracking device: Researchers setting up a satellite collar on a Sunda clouded leopard at the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary.

KOTA KINABALU: Lack of forest connectivity in Sabah is threatening the Sunda clouded leopard popu­lation.

Studies conducted by researchers from Oxford University’s WildCRU and Cardiff University, US Forest Service, Sabah Wildlife Department and Danau Girang Field Centre found that the patched forests were also hampering gene flow.

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