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The scientific name of the snow leopard is Uncia uncia, and is the state animal of Himachal Pradesh, a north Indian state in the western Himalayas. The Snow leopard is also the National Heritage Animal of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Snow leopards are slightly smaller than the other big cats. They are stocky cats with relatively short legs, they have a short body but the tail is quite long. Their fur is long and think and is a smoky gray with tan patches.They have dark grey to black open rosettes with small spots on their heads and larger spots on their legs and tails. Their eyes are pale green or grey in color. Their paws are wide, to distribute their weight for walking on snow, and have fur on their undersides to increase their grip on steep and unstable surfaces, which is important in the rocky terrain they inhabit. -Wikipedia
The snow leopard cannot roar, but it's vocalizations include hissing, chuffing, mews, growls, and wailing.
Which I heard once at the SD Zoo when mate of the snow leopard died, you could hear her wailing. It was the saddest thing I ever heard.
In 1972, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) placed the snow leopard on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered; the same threat category was applied in the assessment conducted in 2008. -Endangered
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Taken at Sabi Sands Game Reserve, Kruger National Park, South Africa. This young, female Leopard was resting on a termite mountain.
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Eat some deer, climb a tall tree and Peace out under the warmth of the winter sun!
That's how a Leopard likes to spend a weekend :)
Am really glad that one Leopard gave me so many different shots in the course of an hour.
A sighting of this quality is quite rare!
The snow leopard or ounce is native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.
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Worth the journey just to see these beautiful animals
Léopard des neiges (aussi appelé once ou panthère des neiges, panthera uncia).
Zoo d'Amnéville, près de Metz, Moselle, France.
© 2013 Schneider Morgane | Setsukoh
@ Olmense Zoo
The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its range of distribution has decreased radically because of hunting and loss of habitat. It is now chiefly found in sub-Saharan Africa; there are also fragmented populations in Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, and China. Because of its declining range and population, it is listed as a "Near Threatened" species by the IUCN.
Compared to other members of the Felidae family, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but is smaller and more slightly built. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguars do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic (completely black or very dark) are known as black panthers.
The species' success in the wild is in part due to its opportunistic hunting behavior, its adaptability to habitats, its ability to run at speeds approaching 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph), its unequaled ability to climb trees even when carrying a heavy carcass, and its notorious ability for stealth. The leopard consumes virtually any animal that it can hunt down and catch. Its habitat ranges from rainforest to desert
Out on a limb where the leopards and lions can't disturb her dinner, this leopard is eatiing the last of the impala she had killed earlier in the day.
Next picture in the series of the leopard walking towards me among the vegetation and at the shore of the pond!
The Persian leopard, Panthera pardus tulliana, once inhabited almost all of the Caucasus. However, the population declined drastically in late 19th – early 20th centuries. Only a few leopards now inhabit the most remote places of the Russian Caucasus. The number of leopards here is considered to be too small for the species to reproduce itself; and only occasional ‘visits’ of the Persian leopards from bordering countries help to maintain the population. Therefore, natural restoration of the leopard here is impossible; only reintroduction can help return the species to the Northern Caucasus.
Leopardess resting in the early evening. This is the animal that Jason and Jerry spent a long time tracking down. Jerry eventually found her just about 100m from the lodge, on top of a small bank. Jason's off-road driving skills were put to the test to get the jeep up and over the bank to get us in a good position. Note the flies around her head - she was constantly flicking her ears.
Ein Kurztripp zum Berliner Zoo.
Dieser Leopard war richtig sauer, weil seine Kollegen im Nachbarkäfig bereits gefüttert wurden und er noch warten musste.
Weitere Ergebnisse gibt es hier: www.heidmanns-office.de/events2012_09.html
Another first for me on July 13 - mating leopards. Seeing them together really showed how big the male was. They had been going at it for a while (days), with each encounter lasting only seconds (just like the lions). She initiates each time by brushing against him as she is doing here
African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)
Sighted at -24.8001,31.4049 (S 24° 48' 0.2" E 31° 24' 17.5").
13 July 2011 07:28am
Savanna Lodge, Sabi Sand Reserve, Kruger National Park.
-24.8601,31.4012 (Lat S 24° 51' 36.4" Long E 31° 24' 4.4")
Kruger-SabiSand-SavannaLodge_2011Jul13_0990_D3S_5990; Nikkor 400/2.8 VR