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- A rare Tibetan Brown Bear has been spotted in Sikkim.
- A trap camera installed by the Sikkim Forest Department and WWF-India recorded Tibetan Brown Bear in the high altitudes of North Sikkim.
- This discovery added a new subspecies to the mammal list of India.
- This rare Tibetan Brown Bear is an omnivore that eats marmots and alpine vegetation.
- This is very different from the more commonly found Himalayan Black Bear.
- It lives in high-altitude alpine forests, meadows, and steppe above 4000 m.
- The Tibetan brown bear is also known as the Tibetan blue bear. It is one of the rarest bear subspecies in the world.
- It is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- It is also listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) as a protected species.
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