Indian Leopard - First ever wildlife census

Q.  For which of the following wildlife animal, India has conducted first ever census?
- Published on 08 Sep 15

a. Elephant
b. Pythons
c. Mountain wolf
d. Indian leopards

ANSWER: Indian leopards
 
First ever census of the Indian leopards have been conducted alongside the tiger census placing the population of the spotted leopard at around 7910 in tiger habitats except the NE. MP has the highest population of leopards at 1817 while Karnataka is next at 1129. Maharashtra is home to 905 leopards and Chhatitisgarh has 846 leopards while TN has 815 in number 3.

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