（1 College of Biological Science and Technology, Beijing Forest University, Non-invasive Technology Laboratory for Endangered Species, Beijing100083, China; 2 College of Life-science, Xinjiang Normal University, Key Laboratory of Species Diversity Application and Control in Xinjiang, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China; 3 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA;4 Wildlife Conservation Office of Altay Prefecture, Forestry Bureau of Altay Prefecture, Altay 836500, Xinjiang, China）
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