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The presence of the manul, a cold-adapted wild cat the size of a domestic cat, has been confirmed on the slopes of the world’s highest mountain. The confirmation by DNA testing of scat samples marks the first time the elusive cat has been formally recorded in Nepal’s eastern Himalayan region.


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