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- India has recorded its first-ever confirmed record of a rare Tibetan Brown Bear.
- The bear was spotted in high altitudes of Northern Sikkim.
- The discovery adds a new subspecies to the mammal diversity of the country.
- An omnivore, it usually inhabits high-altitude alpine forests and meadows 4,000 metres and above from sea level.
- The Tibetan brown bear — sometimes also called the Tibetan blue bear — is an endangered species in the Himalayan.
- So far, the animal had been sighted in some parts of Nepal, Bhutan and the Tibetan plateau.
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