Three nationally protected wildlife species — the leopard, the white-lipped deer, and the Eurasian lynx — have been recorded together for the first time in the Nujiang River basin in southern Chamdo, Xizang autonomous region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Three nationally protected wildlife species — the leopard, white-lipped deer, and Eurasian lynx — have been recorded together for the first time in the Nujiang River basin in southern Chamdo, Xizang autonomous region, according to Xizang Daily.

The discovery was made during a joint ecological assessment conducted by Chamdo's forestry and grassland bureau, the Southwest Survey and Planning Institute of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, and the Kunming Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.