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Paranjpe, S.A.; Gore, A.P.; Gogate, M.G.
Application of Bhattacharya technique in sex determination and sex ratio estimation of tigers from bugmarks
1993  Indian Forester: 793-797

Various methods and rules of tiger pugmarks have been used by foresters to represent male or female tiger. Some of the methods have not been tried and tested on pugmarks of animals of known sex. The present paper indicated a simple intuitive method and Bhattacharya method of classification of male and female tiger pugmarks in a more elaborate graphical technique and their application in forests.

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