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| Chambers, M.R.; Santiapillai, C.; Ishwaran, N. | |
| Tourist activity and behaviour of the leopard Panthera pardus fusca (Meyer, 1794) in the Ruhuan National Park, Sri Lanka | |
| 1984 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (81): 42-48 | |
The activity of the leopard (_Panthera pardus fusca_) was carefully monitored in three areas of Block I of the Ruhuna National Park, Sri Lanka, from July 1979 to June 1980. In 67 hours of observations there were 16 sightings. Despite few records, the following conclusions were made: leopards had two activity peaks, early morning and late evening; leopards were seen more frequently in the drought months; leopards were not seen with the same frequency in the different areas; sightings were short, mostly 10 seconds or less, and most sightings caused obvious disturbance to the leopards. Tourist activity in the Park may account for these characteristics of leopard behaviour. |
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