image: Camera trap photograph of a leopard at elevation 4200 masl above tree line recorded in Lapchi Valley, Central Himalaya, Nepal during this study.
Credit: Narayan Prasad Koju / Nepal Engineering College, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Snow leopards, leopards and wolves in the Himalayas coexist in the same space by choosing different prey, per new study examining the lives of these apex predators
Article title: Niche partitioning facilitates coexistence of three apex predators in the Lapchi Valley, Central Himalaya, Nepal
Author countries: China, U.S., Nepal, Hong Kong.
Funding: This study was supported by a faculty grant from the University Grants Commission (UGC), Nepal (FRG 77/78 S&T-01 2020/21 and FRG 080/81 S&T-07), Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, Zoo New England, and the China Exploration and Research Society, Hong Kong. RCK’s effort was supported in part by the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) of the National Institutes of Health through grant number P51OD010425 to the Washington National Biomedical Research Center, USA.
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Niche partitioning facilitates coexistence of three apex predators in the Lapchi Valley, Central Himalaya, Nepal
Article Publication Date
1-Apr-2026
COI Statement
We declare no conflict of interest.