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Trying to find her spot to relax during the heat of the day. This spot was still too exposed from predators so she eventually moved on into the thicker bush. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Better viewed large on black / Ver en grande con fondo negro
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Great shot of a snow leopard through a fence from 150 feet. A little cropping and shadowing was all this shot needed.
snow leopard / Schneeleopard / L'once (Panthera uncia), aussi appelée irbis, panthère des neiges ou léopard des neiges / Panthera uncia
Pictures from my book 'Centurio the little snow leopard'
Say Hello to Centurio and his mother Queen
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 Amur leopard once ranged across northern China and southern areas of the Russian Far East, but is now found only in a small part of southwest Primorskii Krai in Russia. Because it is adapted to the snowy winters there, it has a thicker, paler coat than leopards in Africa or India do.
Until zoos took up its cause in the mid90s, almost nobody had even heard of the Amur leopard; but now it has featured in several documentaries, and the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance (ALTA) has a conservation programme in place to protect it.
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.
Incredible Video of Mother Wildebeest Defending Her Young from this Hungry Leopard in Masai Mara, Kicheche, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQFzWoe8Ajo&t=10s
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.
snow leopard / Schneeleopard / L'once (Panthera uncia), aussi appelée irbis, panthère des neiges ou léopard des neiges / Panthera uncia
Pictures from my book 'Centurio the little snow leopard'
Amur Leopard at Colchester Zoo
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The Southwark Children's Foundation often used to send their fleet to the South Coast. In July, 1998, rare Leyland Leopard PSU4 Plaxton Supreme IV AJD 164T - new to Glenton Tours - was leaving Hastings for its return trip home.
Snow Leopard at the Santa Barbara Zoo
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