udhagamandalam a male leopard was found dead in adupukutty beat of the mudumalai tiger reserve mtr in the nilgiris on wednesdaythe oneyearold animal had suffered injuries on its forehead and back forest range officer dayananthan said postmortem held on thursday revealed that fight with a large carnivore might have caused the death we found a halfeaten deer near the spot a tiger which had hunted the deer might have attacked the leopard when it tried to snatch the meat the official said the teeth and nails of the leopard were found intact the carcass was burnt inside the forest after autopsy samples collected from the carcass will be sent for laboratory analysis to find out the exact cause of death dayananthan added