**5. Conclusions**

Mammal population density and social organisation were studied in the tropical forests of Southern India. Among ungulates, the solitary, specialist species barking deer occurred at lower densities. Chital is primarily grazer, highly gregarious and the most abundant species in the study area. Sambar is browser, distributed at higher densities at Moist deciduous forest. Elephant densities are increasing when compared to earlier estimate. But the sex ratio of elephant is highly skewed due to selective poaching of males for their tusks. Mudumalai supports higher biomass densities of mammal species than similar tropical forests in India.

*Population Density and Age-Sex Composition of Large Mammals in Tropical Forests, Southern… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109567*
