behind the big cat's and bear's, who is the top predator?

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@Pckts 

The point is Leopards in areas without significant competitors or temporarily out of competitors had a higher frequency of adult Sambar kills vs juveniles/subadults.

I pointed this out in the Persian Leopard thread:

 Pench Tiger Reserve (6.4% juvenile/subadult kills vs. 1.8% adult kill); Sariska Tiger Reserve( 15% and 31% adult kills vs 11% subadult kills); Yala National Park  ( 3 adults vs 1 juvenile/subadult)

In the rest of the Indian studies, the Sambar occurrence in leopard diet/kills is either low or juveniles.

Anyway, I acknowledged that Leopards will make these large kills at times.

Quote:It seems they can also make Sambar Stag kills from time to time in Tiger dominated areas:

I was addressing  previous claims on this thread supporting the Cougar's killing ability:

(06-06-2015, 10:50 PM)faess Wrote: So what constitutes theleopard being a better predator? Bigger prey? better kill rate? killing other bigger predators? Because can make a case for the mountain lion on all those accounts

GuateGojira Wrote:The case of the leopard is also weird and we will need more evidence. Health state of the eland and true age and size are very relevant here. Normally, about 200 kg seems the normal limit for a large leopard in any territory.

 
I think that the most extreme case of one-to-one predation case are those of the puma and elk bull. There is video evidence of 60-90 kg pumas killing 300-400 kg male elks (if not slightly heavier). 

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