First Camera-Trap Record of a Musk Deer (<i>Moschus</i> sp.) from Yordi Rabe Supse Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Yomto Mayi; Shantabala Devi Gurumayum; Salvador Lyngdoh

doi:10.36808/if/2026/v152i3/171096

First Camera-Trap Record of a Musk Deer (Moschus sp.) from Yordi Rabe Supse Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Authors

Yomto Mayi Zoological Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Itanagar
Shantabala Devi Gurumayum Zoological Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Itanagar
Salvador Lyngdoh Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2026/v152i3/171096

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