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Indian Wildlife Club Ezine (July, 2003)
Answers to Quiz on Leopards

Last month no one has given all right answers, but roopam_dhawan@eth.net has given 9 right answers

Right Answer to Quiz on Leopards

1.During the 1960s and 1970s, -----------------------was a major threat to the leopards in many areas.
  • fur trade
  • deforestation
  • killing in retaliation of attacks on humans  

  • 2.During 1998-2000, -------------------------- people were attacked by leopards in Bori Budruk( Western Gahts)
  • 22
  • 62
  • 42  

  • 3.The reason for increased man-leopard conflicts in the Western Ghats is
  • Forests drowned by vast new dams
  • Hunting of wild deer, boar and sheep
  • Both the above   

  • 4.Adapted leopards find ideal habitat in
  • cane fields
  • flower beds
  • vegetable fields  

  • 5.Forest Officers deal with the problem by
  • trapping & housing the leopards in nearby zoos
  • trapping & releasing leopards
  • shooting the man-eaters 

  • 6.Wildlife Protection Society of India ( WPSI) has for the first time in India used sub cutaneous microchips on lepards caught in
  • Guwahati
  • Kerala
  • Maharashtra   

  • 7.In the year -----------------Peter Pallas first described the snow leopard identifying it as a species separate from the common leopard
  • 1891
  • 1761
  • 1779   

  • 8.The snow leopard prey mostly on ungulates like
  • chinkara & bison
  • chital & sambhar
  • bharal & ibex   

  • 9.This leopard inhabits alpine and sub alpine regions and is usually found above the tree line over 3000 meters
  • snow leopard
  • clouded leopard
  • leopard cat  

  • 10.Among the cat family, these are the best climbers; they can climb upside down and hang from branches with their hind feet.
  • Snow leopard
  • Common leopard
  • Clouded leopard   

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