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,Vakhan (Afghanistan : Region).
,Asia -- Description and travel.
Pamphlet DS327.6. / M574 2004
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
3ACKU000382779
Caption title. “January 2004”. “Oryx ; Vol. 38 ; No. 1”at head of title. Abstract: “Prior to the last two decades of conflict, Afghanistan’s Wakhan corridor was considered an important area for conservation of the wildlife of high altitudes. We conducted an assessment of the status of large mammals in Wakhan after 22 years of conflict, and also made a preliminary assessment of wildlife trade in the markets of Kabul, Faizabad and Ishkashem. The survey confirmed the continued occurrence of the least eight species of large mammals in Wakhan, of which the snow leopard Unica Unica and Marco Polo sheep Ovis ammon are globally threatened. We found evidence of…”—cover page.