Funding for this research was provided by:
Fritz/Boeing International Research Fellowship
China Scholarship Council
Washington Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 12 March 2020
Accepted: 16 December 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The Authors and the legal representative of Jian-Ping Su declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: Tibetan antelope is listed in the Category I of the National Key Protected Wild Animal Species under China’s Wild Animal Protection Law. In September 2016, Tibetan antelope were reclassified from Endangered to Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List due to the recovery of their population size. Sample collection and field studies adhered to the Wild Animals Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China. Fresh scat samples were collected under University of Washington IACUC protocol #2850–12 and local regulations to minimize disturbance.