Temporal Foraging and Ranging Patterns Suggested the Niche Partitioning of Two Sympatric Herbivores, Axis axis and Bubalus bubalis, in the Nijhum Dweep National Park of Bangladesh

Table 1

Proportion of time (%) spent in different activities by spotted deer and buffalos at the NDNP of Bangladesh in 2018–2019 (from Hossain 2020).

Activities		% of time spent in different activities
		Spotted deer		Buffalo
Moving	Walking	17.37	17.1	14.53	14.51
	Running		0.27		0.02
Resting	Standing	13.9	9.39	22.49	16.06
	Laying		4.51		6.43
Ruminating	Standing	14.09	0.99	12.92	6.02
	Laying		13.1		6.9
Foraging	Grazing	50.34	17.43	36.41	28.19
	Browsing		32.91		8.22
Social behaviour	Bathing	1.61	0.68	9.94	8.56
	Fighting		0.93		0.3
	Smelling		2.56		1.08
Alarm	Standing alert	2.72	0.16	3.7	3.7