Ooty : A female leopard was found dead near a river in Masinagudi forest range in Nilgiris district today.

The forest officials, who were on rounds noticed the carcass of the leopard, three years in appearance, lying near Seanatham river coming under Avarallah beat, around 11 AM, department sources said.

The postmortem to be conducted late in the evening could reveal the cause of the death, they said.