Leopard diets in the Kasoje area of the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, were analysed by inspecting prey remains in 256 scats. This area is unique as leopard density is high despite a relatively low density of medium‐sized ungulates, regarded as the most preferred prey of leopards. At least eleven prey mammal species were confirmed in the scats. Small prey mammals up to 10 kg comprised 91.4% of the relative biomass consumed; the mean prey biomass in each scat was 7.6 kg. Blue duiker (31.2%) was the most dominant prey species, followed by the red colobus (29.2%), semi‐terrestrial Cercopithecinae (the vervet monkey and yellow baboon combined) (10.5%) and the red‐tailed monkey (9.9%). At the order level, the most consumed prey taxon was Primates (53.8%), followed by Cetartiodactyla (39.6%) and Rodentia (5.8%). Among primates, the blue monkey was the most preferred prey species, followed by the red colobus and semi‐terrestrial Cercopithecinae. High consumption of primates is a unique characteristic of the leopards in Mahale. This trend exemplifies the flexibility of leopards in their choices of prey, and such flexibility may be one of the underlying reasons for leopards exhibiting the broadest global distribution among all wild felid species.

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灵长类动物是坦桑尼亚马哈莱豹子（Panthera pardus）的重要食物资源

通过检查256只粪便中的猎物残骸，分析了坦桑尼亚马哈勒山国家公园Kasoje地区的豹子饮食。尽管豹子密度较高，但中等大小的有蹄类动物的密度却相对较低，该区域被认为是豹子的首选猎物，但该地区的密度却很高。在粪便中至少确认了11种捕食哺乳动物。体重不超过10公斤的小型猎物哺乳动物占消耗的相对生物量的91.4％。每个粪便中的平均猎物生物量为7.6千克。蓝色杜克犬（31.2％）是最主要的猎物种类，其次是红色疣猴（29.2％），半陆生的cercopithecinae（黑长尾猴和黄色狒狒合计）（10.5％）和红尾猴（9.9％） 。在订单级别，消耗最大的猎物分类群是灵长类动物（53.8％），其次是Cetartiodactyla（39.6％）和Rodentia（5.8％）。在灵长类动物中 蓝猴是最喜欢的猎物，其次是红色疣猴和半陆生的上皮蜡菊科。大量食用灵长类动物是马哈莱豹子的独特特征。这种趋势体现了豹子在选择猎物时的灵活性，而这种灵活性可能是豹子在所有野生猫科动物物种中展现出最广泛的全球分布的根本原因之一。