Post by sarus on Apr 23, 2018 21:34:01 GMT -9
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The ecology and behaviour of a protected area Sri Lankan leopard(Panthera pardus kotiya) population
"Of all (leopard) kills, 13.7% were secured in trees. Wild
boars were detected scavenging from 38.8% of 49
monitored carcasses. Other scavengers included
ruddy mongoose (Herpesthes smithii; 36.8%),
Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhnchos; 22.5%),
land monitor (8.2%), mugger crocodile (Crocodylus
palustris; 6.1%), sloth bear (Melursus ursinus;
4.1%) and Hawk Eagle (Spizeatus cirrhatus; 2%). A
small but widespread population of jackals (Canis
aureus) inhabits the study area, but these were
never observed to directly scavenge from a leopard
kill."
► tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_58_1/7.%20Kittle%20et%20al..pdf
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The ecology and behaviour of a protected area Sri Lankan leopard(Panthera pardus kotiya) population
"Of all (leopard) kills, 13.7% were secured in trees. Wild
boars were detected scavenging from 38.8% of 49
monitored carcasses. Other scavengers included
ruddy mongoose (Herpesthes smithii; 36.8%),
Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhnchos; 22.5%),
land monitor (8.2%), mugger crocodile (Crocodylus
palustris; 6.1%), sloth bear (Melursus ursinus;
4.1%) and Hawk Eagle (Spizeatus cirrhatus; 2%). A
small but widespread population of jackals (Canis
aureus) inhabits the study area, but these were
never observed to directly scavenge from a leopard
kill."
► tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_58_1/7.%20Kittle%20et%20al..pdf
.