• DOI:10.1080/09397140.2016.1144286
Corpus ID: 88354782

Prey of the Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) in a mixed forest-steppe landscape in northeastern Iran (Mammalia: Felidae)

@article{Sharbafi2016PreyOT,
  title={Prey of the Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) in a mixed forest-steppe landscape in northeastern Iran (Mammalia: Felidae)},
  author={Elmira Sharbafi and M. Farhadinia and H.-R. Rezaie and Alexander Braczkowski},
  journal={Zoology in the Middle East},
  year={2016},
  volume={62},
  pages={1 - 8}
}

• Elmira Sharbafi, M. Farhadinia, +1 author Alexander Braczkowski
• Published 2016
• Biology
• Zoology in the Middle East

We carried out a dietary analysis of Persian Leopards, Panthera pardus saxicolor, in a temperate region in north-eastern Iran, where the largest population nucleus exists across the subspecies range. We investigated 113 faecal samples collected between February 2009 and March 2010 in Golestan National Park. Faecal analysis revealed that leopards predominantly preyed upon wild ungulates, with the Wild Boar, Sus scrofa, being the most important prey species in terms of frequency and biomass… Expand

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