Food habit of the leopard, Panthera pardus, in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Maharashtra, India

Mammalia

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 353-360

  Edgaonkar, A ^a   Chellam, Ravy ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Food habits; India; Leopard; Panthera pardus; Scat analysis

Indexed keywords

DIET; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FECES; FELID; PREY SELECTION;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; SANJAY GANGHI NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BUBALUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036404967     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2002.66.3.353     Document Type: Article

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