Telugu states have 826 leopards

Hyderabad, Dec 24 : The leopard population in the two Telugu states is estimated to be 826, according to status of leopards in India 2018 report released by the Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry.
While Andhra Pradesh is estimated to have 492 leopards, the cat population in Telangana is 334.
The overall leopard population in Andhra Pradesh could be between 461 to 523, while in Telangana this figure could be anywhere between 318 and 350.
In 2014, the leopard population in combined Andhra Pradesh was estimated to be 343. Thus there has been an increase of 140 per cent in the cat population in the two states.
Among seven states in the central and eastern ghats, Andhra Pradesh has the fifth largest number of leopards while Telangana is at the sixth place. The cat population in the region is estimated at 8,071 against 4,456 estimated in 2014.
Leopard population has been estimated based on pictures of animals captured through camera-trapping and gathering other evidence, the same method which was adopted for the tiger census.