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Song, D.; Wang, B.; Jiang, J.; Wan, S.; Cui, S.; Wang, T.; Feng, L.
Using camera trap to monitor a North Chinese leopard (_Panthera pardus japonesis_) population and their main ungulate prey
2014 Biodiversity Science (22): 733-736
North Chinese leopard (_Panthera pardus japonesis_) is an endemic subspecies of the leopard in China. The basic ecological data of the leopard, such as the distribution, population and it's dynamic, behavior, prey, is least known for lacking of a long-term study. The present paper reported a 7-year monitoring and survey on North Chinese leopard and it's prey in Qingcheng Forest Farm of Jinzhong prefecture, Shanxi using camera traps. The monitoring recorded 14 individuals of leopard, with 11 adults (3 females and 8 males) and 3 cubs between May of 2007 and April of 2014. A residential female leopard bred 3 cubs in 2008 and 2009. The main prey of ungulates is wild boar (_Sus scrofa_) and roe deer (_Capreolus pygargus_). The relative abundance index (RAI) of wild boar and roe deer were 4.16 and 1.35 individuals/km2, and absolute density were 3.48 and 3.61 individuals/km2, respectively.
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