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Across the street from her enclosure a huge chimp-enclosure is being build. She was stalking out the constructionworkers like she was picking out one for dinner....
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.
For other uses, see Leopard (disambiguation) and Leopards (disambiguation).
The black leopard is one of three animals called "panther" – the others are the black jaguar and the cougar.
Leopard
Temporal range: Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene to Recent
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: P. pardus
Binomial name
Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
9 but see text
Range of the leopard, former (red), uncertain (yellow), highly fragmented (light green), and present (dark green)
Synonyms
Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758
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.[1]
The leopard /ˈlɛpərd/ 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,[2] 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.
Next picture in the series of this young leopard! He was very sweet and beautiful! :)
Taken at the Ton's Zoo in Switzerland.
The colour wasn't too good on this shot as it was a bit overcast, so I tried to make it look a bit smarter with B&W.
Didn't want to waste it because I liked the pose and it was looking right at me
This was taken at Twycross Zoo, though I don't know if they have the leopard anymore.
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She is pissed off. Looking for 2 of her cubs in a burnt down field.
The cubs moved from the place she left them, I think.
She got them later.
Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia)
The snow leopard is classified as a member of the order Carnivora (Carnivores) and is a member of the family Felidae. It is classified as an endangered species due to an estimated population of no more than 2500 snow leopards and the fact that it has no subpopulation numbering more than 250 mature leopards. Snow leopards can be found in eastern Asia
Leopard at Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park, Somerset. Taken through the wire. If anyone has any ideas about how to remove the bars in Photoshop - let me know! lol
Instant Lab print transfer onto gorgeous Impossible Project Skins Color 600 instant film. This is one of several leopards we saw while on safari at Simbambili, within the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa.
Snow Leopards arrived at the Highland Wildlife Park in September 2015. At time of our visit the two animals were getting themselves aquanited with each other - in sepreate cages.
Bouncing around from Hawaii to home - when my grandsons were here for Thanksgiving, we all went to the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford, where, IMHO, this amur leopard is the star of the show!!
It sat as still as a statue, just watching me watching it and shooting away. This is the best of my efforts thru the wire cage, tho it still has hints of the wire mesh. :-(
Amur leopards are an endangered species, roaming in the temperate forests of the Amur River valley in Siberia, Manchuria and Korea.
From the Central Florida Zoo information: The Amur leopard is adapted to living in cold, snowy climates with their long legs and hair as well as living in regions with summer temperatures from 77 to 95 degrees. The hair is a light hue in winter and a reddish-yellow hue in the summer. The rosette spot patterns are widely spaced and are large with thick borders, usually having no spaces between the spots. This cat can run at speeds of 37 miles per hour for short periods of time. The approximate life span is 17 years in captivity. The male leopard at the Central Florida Zoo was born in 1996 at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas. The Amur leopard is a solitary animal. They stalk their prey and eat alone, sometimes leaving leftovers in the trees for a later time. They are good climbers and nocturnal animals.
Simply a magnificently beautiful creature ...
Taken in Kruger National Park, during our safari in May, 2010, this leopard was very satisfied after a big meal!