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ABOUT PALLAS CAT
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Pallas' cat is a rare cat species that lives in the steppes of Central Asia. Most countries Pallas' cat found in (Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) have banned the hunting of this animal in 1960-1980, for at that time the trend towards extinction of Pallas' cat had become evident. There were many reasons of it, but unrestricted hunting was the cardinal one. For example, in the beginning of the last century Mongolia alone exported up to 50.000 Pallas' cat pelts per year. In Tyva, Altai, Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan and many other regions Pallas' cat was hunted mercilessly as well. The ban on hunting significantly reduced the risk of Pallas' cat extinction and, in some places, allowed for replenishment of its number and area.

Pallas' cat is listed by the IUCN as Near Threatened. CITES places Pallas' cat on Appendix II.

• Pallas' cat global status: undefined (category 4)

Pallas' cat status in national Red Books:

• Kazakhstan: rare species throughout area (category 3), 1996
• Azerbaijan: very rare species with number declined
• Armenia: very rare species on the brink of extinction
• Kyrgyzstan: rare species throughout area (category 6)
• Russian Federation: rare species at the borders of the habitat (category 3), 2001
• Turkmenistan: rare and insufficiently known species in the northern part of the habitat (category 3), 1999

Pallas' cat status in Red Data Books of Russian Federation's subjects:

• Altai Republic: rare species with number declined (category 2), 1996
• Tyva Republic: increasing trend (category 5), 2002
• Buryatia Republic: rare species (category 1), 1988
• Irkutsk region: rare species dispersing throughout the habitat (category 6)
• Krasnoyarsk region: undefined (category 4), 2000
• Chita region and Aginski Buryatski autonomous district: : rare species with number declined (category 2), 2000

Articles of Pallas cat in some regions above are available only in Russian page