Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)

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Interactions between Indian leopards and Striped hyenas

Behavioral observations on interaction of leopard and striped hyena, Western India

"Interspecific interactions are crucial for community composition since they govern species distribution, abundance and broadly species coexistence. Interspecific in-teractions among carnivores have been well studied in India. However, these were limited to a few species only and direct observations are rare. Studies on interspeci-fic interaction between two sympatric carnivores such as leopard and striped hyena with a wide distribution range throughout peninsular India are rare. We report two in-stances of interactions between leopard Panthera pardus and striped hyena Hyaena hyaena. In one instance, a leopard and a striped hyena were photographed feeding together on an adult nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus kill of a tigress Panthera tigris. We have also recorded a breeding female leopard that killed a striped hyena (sub-adult female) at a den site. We report here photographic evidence on these interac-tions between leopard and striped hyena for the first time."

           

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