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One of the daughters of the Campbell Koppies Leopard, this particular daughter is one of the prettiest Leopards i have photographed.
She is so calm around vehicles and almost expects her photo to be taken
South Luangwa National Park, Zambia - The image was taken during 5 weeks of traveling on an overlander camping tour through east and south Africa in 2015. - Die Aufnahme entstand bei einer 5-wöchigen Campingtour durch das südliche und östliche Afrika im Jahr 2015.
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five "big cats" in the genus Panthera. It is a member of the Felidae family with a wide range in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia to Siberia.
Compared to other members of the Felidae, 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 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 terrains.
This one was seen in the Aquila Animal Rescue and Conservation Centre near Cape Town, South Africa.
Text taken from Linton Zoo website: Since the turn of the century leopards have disappeared from much of their former range and several subspecies are under threat. This is due to the encroachment of people who starve them by destroying their habitat and killing their prey. This makes them turn to domestic livestock which of course makes them unpopular and so they are poisoned or shot. The fur trade has also taken its toll and in the 1960-70s 60, 000 skins were sold every year.
Leopards are very adaptable and eat a variety of prey, which include warthog, gazelle, porcupine, wildebeest, impala, ostriches and baboons. They ambush their prey, attacking with a short charge and grabbing it by the throat to suffocate it. They then carry it up the nearest tree to eat in safety. They are able to climb carrying (250lbs) twice their own weight.
After a gestation period of 3.5 months 2-4 cubs are usually born. Cubs are weaned at the age of 3 months. They become independent at 2 years old, but won’t be sexually mature till they are 3 years old. They can live up to 20 years old.
Leopards are born with spots or are black. A black panther is a leopard which is melanistic, this means it has as excess of pigment, as opposed to albino which is a lack of pigment. You can still see the leopard spots if you look closely. Black leopards are rarer than spotted leopards.
Le léopard (Panthera pardus) ou panthère est une espèce de félins de la sous-famille des panthérinés. Ce félin présente un pelage fauve tacheté de rosettes ; une forme mélanique existe également. Excellent grimpeur et sauteur, le léopard a la particularité de hisser ses proies à la fourche d'un arbre pour les mettre hors de portée des autres prédateurs.
Félin solitaire et opportuniste, le léopard est largement distribué en Afrique et en Asie du Sud-Est sur de nombreux types d'habitats. La taille de la population est toutefois considérée comme en baisse par l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature, qui classe l'espèce comme quasi-menacée. Cinq sous-espèces sont considérées comme en danger ou en danger critique d'extinction : le léopard d'Arabie, le léopard de l'Amour, le léopard de Java, le léopard de Ceylan et le léopard de Perse.
Le léopard a une place importante dans la culture africaine où l'animal, considéré comme le roi des animaux, est l'attribut des chefs. La société secrète Aniota peut être considérée comme l'origine de légendes sur les hommes-léopards, équivalents des loups-garous occidentaux. En Europe, le léopard est décrit pour la première fois dans les bestiaires comme un animal vil issu d'un croisement adultère entre le lion (leo) et un félin légendaire, le pard (en). Cette réputation d'animal cruel et sanguinaire perdurera au moins jusqu'au xvie siècle. L'image du félin est souvent utilisée dans la publicité (Dulux Valentine par exemple) ou dans les arts, comme la célèbre panthère rose.
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is a member of the Felidae family with a wide range in some parts of Africa and tropical Asia, from Siberia, South and West Asia to across most of sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List because it is declining in large parts of its range due to habitat loss and fragmentation, and hunting for trade and pest control. It is regionally extinct in Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuwait, Syrian Arab Republic, Libya and Tunisia.
The leopard is the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera. Compared to other members of the Felidae, 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 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 terrains.
I have to be up front and say that this was far from my best trip to the Akron Zoo, but I did get to very briefly see the three snow leopard cubs - Layan, Altai (males) and Asha (female) - mother Shanti and father Roscoe. Pictures were whatever you got in the two minutes they gave you as we stood two deep, shoulder-to-shoulder at the glass. I am not sure if Shanti was happy with the arrangements either, but the cubs pretty much ignored us.
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Ein Leopard im Moremi-Wildreservat (Okavangodelta, Botswana).
A Leopard in the Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta, Botswana).
An Amur Leopard takes a break in the shade on the hot afternoon of 20 August 2010. Taken at the Minnesota Zoological Gardens, Apple Valley, MN.
This was one of the most photogenic leopards I have ever come across. An absolute pleasure to photograph
Photo by: Abdulhameed Shamandour
Information Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_leopard
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The snow leopard (Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia) is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia. The classification of this species has been subject to change and is still classified as Uncia uncia by MSW3 as of 2000[4] and CITES Appendix I[5]. However with more recent genetic studies[6][7] the snow leopard is now generally considered as Panthera uncia and classified as such by IUCN[8]. Classically, two subspecies have been attributed however genetic differences between the two have not been settled. The snow leopard remains on the endangered species list classified as C1.[9]
Snow leopards occupy alpine and subalpine areas generally 3,350 and 6,700 metres (10,990 and 22,000 ft)[10] above sea level in Central Asia. The Snow Leopard Survival Strategy (McCarthy et al. 2003, Table II) compiled national snow leopard population estimates, updating the work of Fox (1994). Many of the estimates are acknowledged to be rough and out of date, but the total estimated population is 4,080-6,590.[11] However, the global snow leopard effective population size (those likely to reproduce) is suspected to be fewer than 2,500 (50% of the total population, or 2,040-3,295).[12]
Snow leopards are smaller than the other big cats but, like them, exhibit a range of sizes, generally weighing between 27 and 55 kg (60 and 120 lb), with an occasional large male reaching 75 kg (170 lb) and small female of under 25 kg (55 lb).[13][14] Body length ranges from 75 to 130 centimetres (30 to 50 in), with the tail adding a further 80 to 100 cm (31 to 39 in) to that length.[15][16] These cats stand about 60 cm (24 in) at the shoulder.[17]
Snow leopards have long thick fur, and their base color varies from smoky gray to yellowish tan, with whitish underparts. They have dark gray to black open rosettes on their body with small spots of the same color on their heads and larger spots on their legs and tail. Unusually among cats, their eyes are pale green or gray in color.[15][16]
Snow leopards show several adaptations for living in a cold mountainous environment. Their bodies are stocky, their fur is thick, and their ears are small and rounded, all of which help to minimize heat loss. Their paws are wide, which distributes their weight better for walking on snow, and have fur on their undersides to increase their grip on steep and unstable surfaces; it also helps to minimize heat loss. Snow leopards' tails are long and flexible, helping them to maintain their balance, which is very important in the rocky terrain they inhabit. Their tails are also very thick due to storage of fats and are very thickly covered with fur which allows them to be used like a blanket to protect their faces when asleep.[16][18]
The snow leopard has a short muzzle and domed forehead, containing unusual large nasal cavities that help the animal breathe the thin, cold air of their mountainous environment.[15]
The snow leopard cannot roar, despite possessing partial ossification of the hyoid bone. This partial ossification was previously thought to be essential for allowing the big cats to roar, but new studies show that the ability to roar is due to other morphological features, especially of the larynx, which are absent in the snow leopard.[19][20] Snow leopard vocalizations include hisses, chuffing, mews, growls, and wailing.
النمر الثلجي (بالإنجليزية : Snow Leopard) أو الفهد الثلجي هو سنوري كبير الحجم يعيش في المناطق الجبلية الموجودة في أواسط آسيا وجنوبها، إذ يعيش على ارتفاع 3000-5000 متر فوق سطح البحر في المناطق الجبلية الصخرية في أواسط آسيا. وبسبب البيئة المعزولة التي يعيش فيها فإن عدد النمور الثلجية الحقيقي غير معروف، ولكنه يقدر بـ 3500 إلى 7000 نمر ثلجي في البرية و 600 إلى 700 في حدائق الحيوانات.[1]
إن النمور الثلجية أصغر من السنوريات الأخرى، ولكنها مثل باقي السنوريات تتراوح في أحجامها، إذ تتراوح كتلها ما بين 27 إلى 54 كيلوغراما، أما طول أجسامها فإنه يتراوح ما بين 75 إلى 130 سنتمترا، مع ذيل يضيف إلى طولها ما نسبته 75 إلى 90 بالمئة من ذلك الطول.
النمر الثلجي لايمكنه الزئير على الرغم من إمتلاكه خشونة في العظم اللامي .هذه الخشونة كان يعتقد سابقا أن بواسطتها يمكن الزئير وأنها الأساس لكن بعض الدراسات الجديدة أظهرت أن قابلية الزئير من الميزات المورفولوجية الأخرى , الحنجرة خاصة والذي لا يمتلكه النمر الثلجي.تشمل أصواته أن يهسهس و يموء و أيضا الهدير و العويل .
تمتلك النمور الثلجية فروا طويلا وسميكا، لونه يكون إما سكني مدخن أو حنطي (قمحي) مائل إلى الأصفر، مع أجزاء سفلية مائلة إلى البياض. وتغطي أجسامها خطوط سكنية غامقة أو سوداء مع بقع صغيرة من نفس اللون على رؤوسها وبقع أكبر على قوائمها وذيولها. بعضها يصل طول ذيلها إلى ما يقارب المتر، وذلك يساعده على التوازن.
لانعرف الكثير عن هذه القطط التي تعيش في جبال الهيملايا. نعرف عن النمر الثلجي أنه حيوان انفرادي جدا وهو يحتل مساحة شاسعة. وهو نادر جدا ومن الصعب مراقبته في الطبيعة بسبب عدم إمكانية الوصول إلى موطنه.
It's a cool picture, the young leopard looks like shy and innocent, but if you'd enter his enclosure, I don't think he'd stay innocent. That would be only to play, but they have quite sharp claws...