As a result, the original niche model based on climate and topography was reduced by 9.97% when we considered artificial light as a proxy of human presence and potential for conflicts (Fig. 4; Supplementary material S7). When light was accounted for in the model, climatically-suitable areas for U. thibetanus at low elevations (i.e., b500 m), with precipitation levels of 500–1500 m were no longer available to the species (Fig. 5)