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Artur - Amur leopard 9yrs old
This set of pics were taken at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent uk.
Please, if you get the opportunity have a look and book a day, the work they do is amazing, its a great day out and a very worthwhile cause.
This leopard is guarding her territory - she's got a kill up in a nearby tree, and a pesty spotted hyaena came into the area hoping for a share. She's showing her displeasure, for sure. Maasai Mara.
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 are the tiger, lion and jaguar. Once distributed across southern Asia and Africa, from Korea to South Africa, the leopard's range of distribution has decreased radically over time due to hunting and loss of habitat, and the leopard now chiefly occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. There are fragmented populations in India, Indochina, Malaysia, and China.
The leopard is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four big cats of the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion and jaguar. Once distributed across southern Eurasia and Africa, from Korea to South Africa, the leopard's range of distribution has decreased radically over time because of a variety of factors, including human influence, and the leopard now chiefly occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. There are fragmented populations in India, Indochina, Malaysia, and China. Despite the loss of range and continual declines in population, the cat remains a "Least Concern" species; its numbers are greater than that of the other Panthera species, all of which face more acute conservation concerns.
The leopard has relatively short legs and a long body, with a large skull. Physically, it most closely resembles the jaguar, although it is usually smaller and of slighter build. Its fur is marked with rosettes which lack internal spots, unlike those of the jaguar. Leopards that are melanistic, either completely black or very dark in coloration, are one of the big cats known colloquially as black panthers.
The species' success in the wild owes in part to its opportunistic hunting behaviour, its adaptability to a variety of habitats and its ability to move at up to approximately 60 kilometres (37 miles) an hour. The leopard consumes virtually any animal it can hunt down and catch. Its preferred habitat ranges from rainforest to desert terrains. Its ecological role and status resembles that of the similarly-sized cougar in the Americas.
A picture from all three snow leopards at Zoo Zurich together.
From left to right:
Villy, Mohan, Dshamilja
On the wall in the background you also can see a snail.
Twycross Zoo
Fewer than 35 Amur leopards remain in the wild, and their habitats are under threat from logging, forest fires and land clearance for farming. We need to increase their numbers, and protect their forest home.