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Spatial Distribution and Dietary Niche Breadth of Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) Inhabiting Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan

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  • 1. Department of Wildlife Management, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi 43600, Pakistan.
  • 2. Mammalian Ecology and Conservation Unit, University of California, Davis, USA. E-mail: lmhennelly@ucdavis.edu (Hennelly)
  • 3. Zoology Department, University of Kotli, Kotli, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. E-mail: farazakrim@hotmail.com (Akrim)
  • 4. Department of Zoology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi 43600, Pakistan. E-mail: sajidnm@hotmail.com (Nadeem)

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Fatima, Hira, Mahmood, Tariq, Hennelly, Lauren Mae, Farooq, Muhammad, Akrim, Faraz, Nadeem, Muhammad Sajid (2021): Spatial Distribution and Dietary Niche Breadth of Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) Inhabiting Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan. Zoological Studies 60 (34): 1-12, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8055926

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