Researchers Discover Cryptic Cat Species on Mount Everest
1 min readPhoto caption: Findings from a new paper published in Cat News have identified the first ever report of Pallas’s cat on Mount Everest, in the Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal. Photo credit: Julie Larsen / Maher / WCS. Article by
A new scientific finding marks the first documented discovery of Pallas’s Cat on the world’s highest mountain.
A new paper published in Cat News has made a landmark identification of the first recorded sighting of Pallas’s cat on Mount Everest, located in Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal. This extraordinary discovery is a result of the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, which was the most extensive scientific expedition to the mountain in history. […]