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Author: Original uploader was JanErkamp at en.wikipedia
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Some facts about the
Leopard
Adult weight : 53.75 kg (118.25 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 27 years
Female maturity :937 days
Male maturity : 771 days
Gestation : 97 days
Weaning : 110 days
Litter size : 2
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 444 days
Weight at birth : 0.55 kg (1.21 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 1.94 kg (4.268 lbs)
Leopard
Order : Carnivora
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Pantherinae
Species : Panthera pardus
As part of the big cats, the leopard's size ranges from one to almost two meters! The leopard (Panthera pardus) thanks its name to people who considered it a hybrid between a lion (leo) and a panther (pard)... There is a lot of misconception and mistakes when keeping jaguars, panthers and leopards apart. This is because in different parts of the world they mean different things... In fact, a "panther" can be any of several species of large felid. In North America panther means puma and in South America a panther is a jaguar. Elsewhere in the world a panther is a leopard. There are about 30 subspecies of leopards (one, the Zanzibar leopard is extinct) and some of them are endangered: the Anatolian (maybe even extinct), Barbary, Amur, North Chinese, and South Arabian leopards are all critically endangered.
Did you know there have been strange hybrids of puma's and leopards in the past (around 1900), they were called Pumapards
The Leopard is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the leopard
A young / baby of a leopard is called a 'cub'. The females are called 'leopardess' and males 'leopard'. A leopard group is called a 'leap or lepe'.Countries
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, North, Korea, South, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and ZimbabweHabitats
Desert, Dry savanna, Forest, Grassland, Hot Desert, Savanna, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry forest, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland and Temperate Grassland
1. leopard, Panthera pardus -- (large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots)
leopard
Panthera pardus
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