Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

[paul cooper]

(04-21-2019, 03:02 PM)Sanju Wrote:

(04-21-2019, 01:31 PM)paul cooper Wrote: Sanju. A tiger may attack a lion or a leopard because he feels his resources or cubs are threatened, which they may very well be with a lion lingering around.

Exactly, that's what I said. In inter-species competition, they do fight and also kill sometimes but that totally depends on interaction and situation. It shouldn't be confused with territorial display which happens only with other individuals of own species for mating.

(04-21-2019, 01:31 PM)paul cooper Wrote: And cats do and can fight for territories, trust me, they wont want to share a scent mark in their territory with another cat.

What you are saying applies to conspecies. Two different animals can't communicate through vocalizations or scent markings. I'm tired of saying about this again n again. You can visit Lion n Tiger coexistence thread. I provided information what researchers and biologists stated. It happened before and will happen if given chance.

If you think leopards mate with tigers then, tigers and lions or other big cats have territories b/w them. I'll leave it to your knowledge.

In ecology different type of species populations make up a community. A community of animals function in a particular niche of an ecosystem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_(ecology)

I never said that leopards mate with tigers and lions. Did you read what i said? A cat won't tolerate another cats scent in his territory. It has nothing to do with mating, it has to do with territoriality and might over his resources, to the animal living in a territory, he perceives it the same way. Fights will happen. Just like you see tigers killing leopards. Areas where there are high densities of tigers, leopards do not survive there, most likely due to the reason that it cannot survive and reproduce.

All cats scent mark, all cats hold territories and do have similar niches. A lion will go out scent marking territory, a tiger will not tolerate that in his territory and it counts as a territorial right. A tigress cannot find a mate anymore, and so on. Reply