猞猁在云南省野外分布的首例影像记录

The first image record of Eurasian lynx(Lynx lynx)in Yunnan Province

猞猁(Lynx lynx Linnaeus,1758)为食肉目(CARNIVORA)猫科(Felidae)猞猁属(Lynx)的中等体型哺乳动物,主要分布于欧洲、北亚、西亚及中亚地区(蒋志刚等,2015)。猞猁分布较广,数量多,为IUCN红色名录的无危物种(Least Concern,LC)(Breitenmoser et al.,2015)。亚洲地区的猞猁主要栖息在山地森林、无林裸岩地带、密集灌木丛和草原,分布海拔可达4500 m(汪松,1998)。

In China,Eurasian lynx(Lynx lynx)is mainly distributed in the northeast,north,northwest,and southwest regions.It is one of the second-class national key protected wild animals and is listed as an Endangered species in the Red List of Vertebrates in China.Historically,there was some evidence that Eurasian lynx occurred in Yunnan Province,such as skins,skulls,and community interviews,while there was no field photographic evidence.In order to carry out a survey of animal diversity in Diqing Prefecture,Yunnan,China for the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program,we set 24 camera traps in Geza Township,Shangri-La City,from August 10,2020,to September 14,2021.On February 28,2021,a video image of a Eurasian lynx was recorded by camera traps in Geza Township,ShangriLa City,Diqing Prefecture,Yunnan.This is the first video image record of a wild Eurasian lynx in Yunnan Province,confirming the species’presence in Yunnan,which provides the basic data for the distribution of lynx in China.