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taken it when i visited zooo. for the forst time i went so close to the big cats it is a strange felling
this pretty kitty was at the san diego zoo ~ truly beautiful :)
www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/index.php
North Chinese Leopard
Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
The North Chinese leopard is a subspecies of leopard native to Northern China. Like most Asian subspecies it is classified as endangered by the IUCN. Its prey base consists of deer and wild boar, but like any leopard it will eat almost anything it can catch including birds, rodents and even insects.
About the same size as its northern cousin the Amur leopard, the North Chinese leopard also has similar fur coloration and density, although it is a little darker and shorter. The average weight in the wild is 50 kg (110 lb) for adult males and 32 kg (70 lb) for females.
This range of this subspecies is well fragmented today but it once ranged from Central China from Lanzhou, north to the mountains south of the Chinese Gobi Desert, and east through Harbin.
The North Chinese leopard mates in January and February and after a gestation period of 105-110 days two to three young are born. The cubs weigh about one pound at birth, and open their eyes when they are about 10 days old. They will stay with their mother until they are about 20-24 months old.
Like all leopards, the North Chinese leopard is a solitary cat except for mating pairs and females with cubs. Adult males and females usually maintain territories. A male's territory will overlap the territory of more than one female.
~From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chris Loades/ FFI
The Pamirs, known as the ‘Roof of the World’, are one of the key mountain ranges of Central Asia and are home to Tajikistan’s globally significant snow leopard population.
FFI is working to bring together local communities, hunting agencies, the state conservation sector and the military on the Tajik side of the Pamir mountain range in a programme to help conserve the regions’ biodiversity.
The project aims to secure vital snow leopard habitat and offer further hope to all the species found in the breathtaking Pamir landscape, including Marco-Polo sheep and the Barheaded (Indian) Goose.
The leopard is one of the five "big cats" in the genus Panthera. It is a member of the family Felidae with a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. Wikipedia
© 2016 Tony Worrall
Leopard at Ngala Private Game Reserve, where we were blessed with eight great sightings in four days. We tracked this female for about 20 minutes in the dusk as she led her two cubs back to a kill, a young impala. Read my published travel article about Ngala Place of the Lion. © Andy Withers