Abstract
Food habits of the Leopard Panthera pardus were studied in Dachigam National Park from August 2003 - to July 2005 by analyzing 96 scats. The scats were collected by walking regular transects in the field. Scat analysis examination showed that dog (21%), langur (21%), hangul (18.4%) and rodents (15.7%) were the major constituents of the leopard diet, with cattle, sheep and goats contributing significantly (18.3%) during summer months. Serow (0.8%) and birds (0.8%) were least represented in the diet of the leopard.
Highlights
75009E) is situated 21km northeast of Srinagar (Fig. 1)
Materials and Methods Analysis of leopard scats was carried out to estimate the proportion of different prey species consumed in a nondestructive, cost and time effective manner
The analysis of 96 leopard scats revealed the presence of nine prey species
Summary
75009E) is situated 21km northeast of Srinagar (Fig. 1). Roughly rectangular, the park has a total area of 141km2. Materials and Methods Analysis of leopard scats was carried out to estimate the proportion of different prey species consumed in a nondestructive, cost and time effective manner (Schaller 1967; Date of publication 26 March 2009 ISSN 0974-7907 (online) | 0974-7893 (print) Leopard scats were collected by walking regular transects in the field. The hairs of prey species were sampled following Mukherjee et al (1994a) and compared with reference slides in the laboratory collection of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.
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