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Through the Munyawana Leopard Project, Panthera is carrying out innovative leopard conservation work in South Africa's Phinda Game Reserve. CNN Inside Africa recently visited the Munyawana Leopard Project to report on the project’s conservation initiatives, the benefits of wild leopard populations to humans, the threats facing Africa’s dwindling leopard populations, and much more.
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Leopard (Panthera pardus). On our last safari drive at the Khwai Tented Camp we were the sixth vehicle to reach an area where a mother leopard and her cub were deep in the bush consuming their kill (not sure if it was a recent kill). From where I was in the rear of the vehicle, I could not see them so it was a test of patience as we sat there and sat there. After a very long wait, the leopards emerged for a very brief moment then returned to the bush.
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'
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"Clouded leopards have a tan or tawny coat, and are distinctively marked with large, irregularly-shaped, dark-edged ellipses which are said to be shaped like clouds. This unique appearance gave the cat both its common and scientific species name—nebulosus is Latin for "cloudy". The clouded leopard was confusing to scientists for a long time because of its appearance and skeleton. It seemed to be a cross between a big cat and a small cat.
The average clouded leopard typically weighs between 15 and 23 kilograms (33 and 51 lb), and has a shoulder height of 25 to 40 centimetres (9.8 to 16 in).[3] Females have a head-body length varying from 68 to 94 centimetres (27 to 37 in), with a 61 to 82 centimetres (24 to 32 in) tail, while the males are larger at 81 to 108 centimetres (32 to 43 in) with a 74 to 91 centimetres (29 to 36 in) tail.[4] Clouded leopards have a heavy build and, proportionately, the longest canine teeth of any living felid—of 2 inches (5.1 cm), about the same as a tiger's.[5] These characteristics led early researchers to speculate that they preyed on large land-dwelling mammals."
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