Table 4. AMOVA results: jungle cat with the Biogeographic/ecoregion approach.

Biogeographic region	W Ghats(n = 7)	S. Deccan(n = 8)	C. Deccan-Lower Gangetic Plain (n = 13)	Semi Arid(n = 8)	Upper Gangetic Plain North-East(n = 10)
S. Deccan	0.09
C. Deccan-Lower Gangetic Plain	-0.01	0.03
Semi Arid	0.06	0.23*	0.08
Upper Gangetic Plain-North East	0.09	0.29*	0.17*	0.04
Thar (n = 9)	0.12*	0.19*	0.10*	0.03	0.16*

*significance at P<0.05.