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| Bothma, J.du P.; Knight, M.H.; le Riche, E.A.N.; van Hensbergen, H.J. | |
| Range size of southern Kalahari leopards | |
| 1997 South African Journal of Wildlife Research (27): 94-99 | |
Based upon radio-tracking, and using kernel analysis techniques, the mean range size of three adult male leopards _Panthera pardus_ was 2182.37 ñ 491.628 km2, that of five adult females 488.70 ñ 292.893 km2, and that of a single subadult male 1323.80 km2. These ranges are considerably larger than for leopards elsewhere, and may reflect the aridity and prey-poor nature of the southern Kalahari. The subadult male dispersed over a linear distance of 112.6 km from its presumably natal area to where it established a new range. |
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