Food habits of blackbuck antilope cervicapra of ballavpur wildlife sanctuary west bengal india
Chattopadhyay, B.; Bhattacharya, T.
Tropical Ecology 27(1): 93-100
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0564-3295
Accession: 005476086
Food habits of Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra Linn. have been ascertained by faecal pellet analysis. It has been found that this antilope chiefly subsists upon short grasses and herbs. When they are scarce blackbuck is compelled to feed upon tree leaves or the supplementary food supplied to them.