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Year : 2015 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages : 72-74

Status of Olive Ridley Turtle in Point Calimere Wikdlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu
and hatcheries as a Conservation Tool

Abstract :

Food habits of leopard (Panthera pardus) were studied in Nilgiri North Forest Division from December 2010 to March 2011. Data were collected on prey availability and food habits (undigested remains from scat) of leopard. In total, thirty one scats were collected from all the major habitats and across the altitudinal gradients (ranging from 300 to 2500 above MSL). Prey items were determined by using undigested matter isolated from the scats, and compared with a reference collection of hairs, bones and hooves from potential prey species. Ungulates are the most preferred prey of leopard in the study area. Among the ungulates, Sambar (32.26%) was the most preferred prey followed by Chital (19.35%), Muntjac (9.7%) and Wildboar (6.45%). Although Chital was the most abundant prey species in the study area, its distribution was restricted only in the lower plateau of the region. On the other hand, Sambar was distributed across the division and the leopard showed a high degree of preference for it in the study area. There was a marked difference (X² = 371.04, df = 8, P<0.05) between the prey abundance and prey preferred by leopard in the study area. We conclude that prey preference by leopard is largely dependent on the distribution of prey availability than the size of the prey.

Keywords:

Food habits,leopard,Nilgiris,Panthera,Prey distribution.

Citation: *,

( 2015), Status of Olive Ridley Turtle in Point Calimere Wikdlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu
and hatcheries as a Conservation Tool. Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation, 8(3): 72-74

Mr.Veerapathiran K

Correspondence: A. Kumaraguru


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