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Species: North Chinese Leopard [Panthera pardus japonensis]
Location: Zoo, Karlsruhe
Date: 15/12/2013
Camera: Nikon D7100
Lens: SIGMA 70 - 200 mm F/2.8 [ISO 800]
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Game drive from Moremi Game Reserve to Khwai campsite with Ken Duncan and Safari & Guide Services www.sgsafrica.com, Botswana
Fantastic day spent at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation UK. If you love big cats this place is well worth a visit - but check out the website - it's important to book before you visit.
Do you know how to differentiate between Leopard, Jaguar and Cheetah.
Most people interchange the names.
There is a small trick . Check the first comment or this
The male Persian leopard of the Dählhölzli zoo in Bern. He's quite pretty but it was a bit hard to catch him, he was hidden most of the time. And I couldn't photograph the female...
The Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) is a leopard subspecies native to mainland Southeast Asia and southern China. In Indochina, leopards are rare outside protected areas and threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation as well as poaching for the illegal wildlife trade.
The trend of the population is suspected to be decreasing. The extent of the population decline revealed by a 2016 study surprised the researchers: its population is believed to be 1,000–2,500 individuals, with only 400–1,000 breeding adults.
There appears to be a disjunction around the Kra Isthmus, where the population changes from predominantly black forms south of the Isthmus to predominantly spotted forms north of the Isthmus. Records from camera-trapping studies conducted at 22 locations in Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand between 1996 and 2009 show that only melanistic leopards were present in samples south of the Isthmus. In the dense tropical forest habitat in part of their range, melanism is quite common, and black leopards have a selective advantage for ambush.
The Indochinese leopard historical distribution range includes Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and South China. As of 2016, the species is functionally extinct in Vietnam and Laos and nearly extinct in Cambodia and China. Two strongholds and one priority site have been mentioned: Peninsular Malaysia and the Northern Tenasserim Forest Complex on Thailand-Myanmar border on the one side and eastern Cambodia on the other.
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Leopard Gecko
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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.