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  <dc:creator>David M. Leslie Jr.</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Procapra picticaudata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Hodgson, 1846, is commonly called the Tibetan gazelle, goa (= Tibetan), or zang yuan ling (= Chinese) and is monotypic. It is a high-elevation specialist endemic to the Tibetan Plateau where it prefers alpine meadow and alpine steppe but uses other lower-elevation plains and valleys. It is partial to good grasslands with high diversity of forbs. There have been no systematic estimates of total numbers of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;P. picticaudata.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Populations are currently widespread but have been reduced from historic levels and are vulnerable because of poaching in remote areas and competition with livestock of pastoralists.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;P. picticaudata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is uncommon in zoos and private collections. It is a threatened Class II species in China and considered &amp;ldquo;Near Threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1644/861.1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>American Society of Mammalogists</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>&lt;i&gt;Procapra picticaudata&lt;/i&gt; (Artiodactyla: Bovidae)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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