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Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)
Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)
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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."  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325931171_Behavioural_observations_on_interaction_of_leopard_and_striped_hyena_western_India  (04-11-2020, 12:14 AM)Lycaon Wrote: @eagleman I tottally agree, but that was the description of the picture. Also I presume that the leopards wiche live in Kashmir part of India and Pakistan could have sililar colour of coat with the persian leopards due to the similar rocky environment. Regards 
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Muscular gir male.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Gir leopard being collared
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Black Panther or Melanistic Leopard in Bhutan
 *This image is copyright of its original author source: Problematic Wildlife: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach Editor Francesco M. Angelici 
Giri Cavale: " Leopard from Kabini, a decade back. He was the dominant male in Kabini backwaters back then. The first I saw him was 2005,need to scan through my old files,will share if I find. "
Shimla leopard.
 *This image is copyright of its original author Source https://www.conservationindia.org/gallery/urban-residents-of-the-wild-kind-in-shimla-himachal-pradesh
Zhayynn James: " As wildlife photographers we’re often obsessed with ‘clean’ images with no distractions. This attention to detail is certainly important, but often it becomes a liability where we’re not able to see opportunities that can create drama and mystery.
While in Panna National Park, we received the call of a leopard sighting it was already late and we had far to drive. But the time we arrived at the scene, there were several vehicles on a narrow track ahead of us and we were the last to arrive. To make things worse, the landscape was thickly wooded and the leopard was on the sloping hillside, hidden by the trees and I had no clear shot, while vehicles ahead could see the leopard clearly. However, when I looked through my lens, I found the leopard looking straight at me through the foliage. The foreground was not a hindrance, it was the perfect contextual feature and an amazing frame, so natural and adding to the mystery and sense of being watched by a master of stealth in its element. " |
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