Population genetic attributes of common leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) from Uttarkashi, Western Himalayas
2022
Singh, Vinaya Kumar | Singh, Sujeet Kumar | Joshi, Bheem Dutt | Singh, Abhishek | Hemant Kumar, | Chandra, Kailash | Sharma, Lalit (Lalit Kumar) | Thakur, Mukesh
BACKGROUND: The common leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), which persists in most of its historic range, is experiencing steady population decline due to habitat loss, anthrophonic disturbances, illegal poaching for their body parts, and retaliatory killings in response to the leopard-human conflicts. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analysed 143 scats samples and identified 32 unique leopards following a selected panel of seven loci with cumulative PID sibs 5.30E−04. We observed moderate genetic diversity at nuclear (Ho = 0.600 ± 0.06) and mitochondrial markers (Hd = 0.569 ± 0.009; π = 0.001 ± 0.0002) and found sub-structuring in the leopard population at Uttarkashi, Western Himalayas. CONCLUSIONS: The present study exhibits the utility of non-invasive genetics in monitoring the leopard population and paves the path to investigate population genetic parameters in further studies.
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