Studies On The Distributional Pattern And Habitat Utilization Pattern By Indian Leopard (panthera Purdus Fusca) In Nilachal Hill, Kamrup, Assam, India

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Leopards are the members of Felidae family, There are nine subspecies of leopard recorded till to date. Leopards are found in all over the glob. Assam of India is rich in leopard population. Moreover leopard human conflict is very common in Assam. But thorough study on leopard has not been done yet. carried out from 22th November of 2013 to 2nd February of 2014 to evaluate the presence and distribution of leopard and as well as their habitat used types in the Nilachal hill. During the study period questionnaire survey was done to know the presence of leopard, moreover opportunistic survey and active searching method and other methods were followed to collect all the possible secondary sign of leopard in the study area. After data analysis we get a distributional table ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????that Nilachal hill of Guwahati metro has a stable population of leopard and it widely distributed in the study area. Numerous leopard human conflicts officially registered in the last decade in Guwahati metro. From the conflict management and conservation view it is very important to officially declare the Nilachal hill as a protected area. Though Indian leopard is under threatened category of IUCN, but its population decreases day by day due to habitat destruction and other such anthropogenic activity. Here we need to adopt an immediate and multidimensional affective working plan to conserve the species as well as the Nilachal hill. Keywords: Leopard, Nilachal hill, Guwahai Introduction The leopard, Panthera pardus is one of the most widely distributed and highly adaptable medium sized big cats discovered by Carl Linnaeus in