- PHOTOGRAPHS -

All photographs below were taken at our study site in the Ikh Nartiin Chuluun Nature Reserve and surrounding areas, Dornogov, Mongolia. (For a larger image click on the photo):


1. Mongolia Carnivore Project research camp in Ikh Nartiin Chuluun Nature Reserve. Photo: © James D. Murdoch.

2. Open grassland steppe habitats. Photo: © James D. Murdoch.

3. Livestock herding adjacent to the reserve. Photo: © James D. Murdoch.

4. Pallas' cat (Otocolobus manul). Photo: © Richard P. Reading.

5. Pallas' cat (Otocolobus manul). Photo: © Tserendorj Munkhzul.

6. Corsac fox (Vulpes corsac). Photo: © Richard P. Reading.

7. Tserendorj Munkhzul releases a corsac fox (Vulpes corsac) in the reserve. Photo: © James D. Murdoch.

8. Eurasian badger (Meles meles) photographed in the Gobi Desert. Photo: © Richard P. Reading.

9. Daurian hedgehog (Erinaceus dauricus). Photo: © Richard P. Reading.

10. Striped hairy-footed hamster (Phodopus sungorus). Photo: © Richard P. Reading.

11. Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Photo: © Richard P. Reading.

12. Royle's mountain vole (Alticola argentatus). Photo: © Tserendorj Munkhzul.

13. Argali sheep rams (Ovis ammon). Photo: © David Kenny.

14. Ibex (Capra sibirica). Photo: © David Kenny.

15. Toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus versicolor). Photo: © James D. Murdoch.

16. Rocky habitats characteristic of many part of the reserve. Photo: © Tserendorj Munkhzul.

17. Oasis in the reserve. Photo: © James D. Murdoch.

18. Open steppe habitats. Photo: © James D. Murdoch.

19. Livestock herding in the reserve. Photo: © James D. Murdoch.

20. Research camp at dusk. Photo: © James D. Murdoch.


21. Hairy-footed Jerboa (Dipus sagitta) in the reserve. Photograph © Luke Distelhorst.


22. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting in the Ikh Nartiin Chuluun Nature Reserve. Photograph © Richard P. Reading.

23. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in semi-desert habitats in the reserve. Photograph © Luke Distelhorst.


24. Tolai hare (Lepus tolai) in the reserve. Photograph © Anton Struchkov


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