First Photographic Record of Fishing Cat <i>Prionailurus viverrinus</i> (Bennett 1833) in Baraila Lake, Sálim Ali Jubba Sahni Bird Sanctuary, in Vaishali, Bihar
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Rai, A., Bole, S., Patel, V., Ramesh, A., Rani, K., & Sathiyaselvam, P. (2026). First Photographic Record of Fishing Cat <i>Prionailurus viverrinus</i> (Bennett 1833) in Baraila Lake, Sálim Ali Jubba Sahni Bird Sanctuary, in Vaishali, Bihar. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 123. https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2026/v123/171207

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