Mislabelled and misunderstood: Large mammal distribution underscores ecological significance of agro-pastoral 'wastelands' in India's Deccan peninsula

Taxonomic Coverage: Indian leopard, Indian grey wolf, Striped hyena, Sloth bear and Blackbuck Geographic Coverage: Koppal district, Karnataka, India Temporal Coverage: December 2017 to March 2018 The dataset published here consists of 20 .xlsx data files, accompanied by a .txt metadata file that provides an explanation of each file. Funding: Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India National Geographic Society Rufford Foundation