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Turns out North-Chinese leopard subspecies were subsumed under the Amur leopard subspecies in 2017.
Good to know. :)
I had a really great exhibition opening and have sold quite a few works so far which has been a pleasant surprise. I have however felt quite spent since then and have lacked my usual drive.
I feel totally uninspired and everything I have shot since just ends up being shelved.
I thought a few days break would be good to catch up with family and other things I have neglected.
This shot from earlier this year was waiting in the wings and was just right for today.
Hope you are all well and happy and I will visit your streams.
Check this kitty up close & View On Black
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Leopard – photographed at the Bannerghatta National Park, Bangalore
The leopard, Panthera pardus, is the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being 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 because of hunting and loss of habitat. One still comes across stray sightings even now, especially in areas fringing forests and national parks or biosphere reserves, mainly because human encroachment is forever invading what was once exclusive habitat of wild animals and animals are forced to venture out of their natural habitat, usually to prey on cattle and sheep as they come across as easier prey, leading to a lot of resentment among farmers and migrant grazers.
One does wish that we are able to reverse this loss of habitat and give back the forests to these wonderful animals, that are so graceful. One also wishes to see these beautiful animals in the wild and see the spark of freedom in their eyes…..
A Portrait of a Leopard (Panthera pardus).
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Leopards are among the hardest big cats to sight in the wild. They are beautifully camouflaged, reclusive, nocturnal and tend to avoid people. This beautiful beast was perched upon a tree around 15-20 feet away and seemed to be stalking a deer. It saw us, decided to abort and came down on the ground. The alarm calls from the monkeys, deer, birds, etc. turned the forest into a cacophonous orchestra, a common occurrence when predators are seen strutting around on the forest floor. In less than a minute, the leopard had crossed the safari trail and gone into the bush where it vanished...
The scientific name of the snow leopard is Uncia uncia, and is the state animal of Himachal Pradesh, a north Indian state in the western Himalayas. The Snow leopard is also the National Heritage Animal of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Snow leopards are slightly smaller than the other big cats. They are stocky cats with relatively short legs, they have a short body but the tail is quite long. Their fur is long and think and is a smoky gray with tan patches.They have dark grey to black open rosettes with small spots on their heads and larger spots on their legs and tails. Their eyes are pale green or grey in color. Their paws are wide, to distribute their weight for walking on snow, and have fur on their undersides to increase their grip on steep and unstable surfaces, which is important in the rocky terrain they inhabit. -Wikipedia
The snow leopard cannot roar, but it's vocalizations include hissing, chuffing, mews, growls, and wailing.
Which I heard once at the SD Zoo when mate of the snow leopard died, you could hear her wailing. It was the saddest thing I ever heard.
In 1972, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) placed the snow leopard on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered; the same threat category was applied in the assessment conducted in 2008. -Endangered
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Still thrilled about the first leopard in the distance across the Sabie river,
we saw this one very close to the road, trying its best to ignore the excited tourists. Our day was made.
'Amur Leopard'. (Panthera Pardus Orientalis)
Originally from China and Korea, now only found around the Amur River in China.
Amur Leopards can run at speeds of up to 37mph and leap to heights of 10 foot high!
Mara North Conservancy, Kenya
We found this magnificent animal resting peacefully in the shade. He had a full belly so he was very relaxed and it didn't look as though he was going to move any time soon. As we watched, a warthog came into view and started walking directly towards the leopard. It obviously hadn't noticed the cat was there - either that or it was extremely stupid! The leopard started to pay a bit of interest but still just lay there as the warthog got closer and closer. The hog was snuffling around doing warthoggy things, totally oblivious of the danger. Eventually the leopard rose to its feet and started stalking the hog, which by now was only about twenty feet away. It was all a bit half-hearted though and eventually the leopard decided it was just too much trouble and returned to its resting place and flopped down again. The warthog wandered off, and had no idea how close it had come to being a leopard's lunch!
I feel like one of the super lucky ones to have had the opportunity to visit Africa on more than one occasion, and I hope to go back. Going back and starting to keyword all the memories come flooding back, one of the great things about photography. This leopard stood on this branch, took a nice yawn before taking this position. I like this shot the best because of its eyes.
Ein Leopard im Moremi-Wildreservat (Okavangodelta, Botswana).
A Leopard in the Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta, Botswana).
his whiskers are better looking than most of us.
This is no pussy cat He is more than capable of tearing us apart.
Both the leopard and jaguar look similar in appearance.
The leopard is the smaller of the 2 and its rosette patterns do not have dots inside them as shown above.
@melaka zoo