3.2. Prey composition and density across study sites:
Total prey density per 100 km² was reported as 16.94 in NNTR and 19.28
in TATR. Major prey species in both the study sites were chital, sambar,
nilgai, wild pig, gaur, and barking deer (Table 1). Gaur density was
5.21 (1.41) the highest followed by chital 4.61(1.2) in NNTR. In TATR,
the density of chital was the highest 5.10 (1.22) followed by sambar
4.68 (0.76).