Gangtok, Jan 5: The Sikkim forest and environment department have set a new national and world records after a royal Bengal tiger and a gaur were clicked by trap cameras in the upper reaches of the state.

The photo of a tiger was clicked at an elevation of 3,966 metres from sea level, making it a national records, and that of a gaur at a height of 3,568 metres, making it a world record.

It has brought a good news for the environmentalist and people of Sikkim.

The Sikkim forest department said along with the Wildlife Institute of India, they had installed trap cameras in high-altitude regions of the Himalayan state “to understand the impact of climate change on large mammals”.

Earlier, in 2019, a tiger was sighted in north Sikkim at a height of 3,602 metres above sea level. Last year, a tiger was clicked at an elevation of 3,640 metres in Pangolakha.

“The presence of gaur at such high altitudes is rare. They mostly stay below 1,800 metres. It is the largest cattle species in the world and endemic to south and southeastern Asia, mostly India. The animal plays a key role in the food chain as a prey for carnivores like the tiger, the common leopard and Asiatic wild dog,” said an expert.

Recently, as images were retrieved from the trap cameras, multiple pictures of tigers were found in the upper reaches of Kyongnosla and Pangolakha wildlife sanctuaries.

Pictures of a gaur (Indian bison) were observed at an elevation of 3,568 metres at Pangolakha, which sources said, is a world record.

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