Journal of Threatened Taxa (Mar 2009)

Food habits of the Leopard <i>Panthera pardus</i> in Dachigam National Park, Kashmir, India

  • G.M. Shah,
  • U. Jan,
  • B.A. Bhat,
  • F. Ahmad,
  • J. Ahmad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o1833.184-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 3
pp. 184 – 185

Abstract

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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.