Figure 1

Occurrences (n = 136) of Kashmir musk deer against the backdrop of precipitation of the driest quarter, which was identified by this study as the most important predictor of musk deer distribution. A total of 123 points were obtained from 10 protected areas situated between central Nepal and Afghanistan through primary data collection efforts between 2003 and 2016. These data were supplemented with 13 points from Afghanistan and Kashmir region obtained from published sources. The map was plotted using R 3.4.3 (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria, https:// www.R-project.org).