Pallas’s cats

Recently researchers have discovered one of the planet’s rarest Pallas cats for the first time in the Mount Everest Region.

About Pallas’s cats:

• The Pallas’s cat, also known as manul, is a small wild cat, perfectly adapted to the harsh conditions typical of its habitat.
• Naturally secretive, it is rarely seen and little known.
• Habitat: Wide but fragmented distribution throughout montane grasslands and steppes of Central Asia.
• Its core populations are in Mongolia and China.
• Conservation status
• IUCN Red List: Least concern