Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Calcutta, West Bengal, 700053, India.
Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, 201 303, India.
Mol Biol Rep. 2022 Feb;49(2):1573-1579. doi: 10.1007/s11033-021-06908-7. Epub 2021 Nov 2.
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.
We analysed 143 scats samples and identified 32 unique leopards following a selected panel of seven loci with cumulative P 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.
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.
常见的黑豹（豹亚种），其在历史上的大部分栖息地都得以保留，但由于栖息地丧失、人为干扰、非法偷猎其身体部位以及为了应对豹与人的冲突而进行的报复性捕杀，其数量正在稳步下降。
我们分析了 143 份粪便样本，并在一个选定的七个基因座的面板中识别出了 32 个独特的豹子，累积 P 亲属 5.30E-04。我们观察到核（Ho = 0.600 ± 0.06）和线粒体标记物（Hd = 0.569 ± 0.009；π = 0.001 ± 0.0002）的中等遗传多样性，并在西喜马拉雅山的乌塔卡什发现了豹子种群的亚结构。
本研究展示了非侵入性遗传学在监测豹子种群中的实用性，并为进一步研究调查种群遗传参数铺平了道路。
