1Research Scholar Department of Forensic Science, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab- 144411India
2Research Scholar Department of Forensic Science, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab- 144411India
3Assistant Professor Department of Forensic Science, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab- 144411India
4Assistant Professor & Assistant Deputy Controller of Examination, Department of Forensic Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, U.P –201310, India
5Assistant Professor, Department Computer Science & Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Tech,Patiala, Punjab - 147004, India
*Corresponding Author: Shubham Saini, Research Scholar, Department of Forensic Science, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab- 144411India. Contact : +91 7837506632, Email :shubham.forensic@gmail.com
Online Published on 25 April, 2022.
Pugmarks are footprints or paw print of animals. Pugmarks are unique to every animal like fingerprints and are widely used as a diagnostic tool for the identification of the specific animal. Every animal leaves its unique paw prints when they move from one place to another. Different studies suggests the use of pugmarks in censing and monitoring the wild animals. Pugmarks can be used as very useful identification tool in wildlife forensic to monitor the wild animals in forest and in poaching cases to identify the location of animal or from it was poached. This review paper reviewed about the different wild animals which can be identify from their unique pugmarks like tiger, leopard, elephant, rhino, and blackbuck.
Pugmark, Wildlife animals, Endangered species, Wildlife forensics, Identification
