Behavioral Determinants of Mating Success in Blackbuck under Semienclosed Condition: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal

Table 2

Ethogram for monitoring reproductive behaviors of blackbucks inside the captivity of Hirapurphanta.

S.N.	Behavior	Description
1	Sexual display	Highly rutted males walked with deliberate steps. Head raised and nose-up and horns consequently laid back.
2	Territorial behavior	Males marked their territory by rubbing preorbital glands on the ground or by urination and defecation (depositing their pellets at same place), aggressive calls, fighting, and chasing other males visiting their territory.
3	Reproductive behavior	Sniffing the vulva of female and showing flehmen response. Attracting the females through fighting with other males who visited their territory, showing dominancy, copulatory mounting.
4	Other behaviors	Walking, feeding, resting, drinking.