LEOPARD

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 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT LEOPARD

  • The name "leopard" comes from Greek word leopardus, which is a combination of leon (lion) and pardus (panther).
  • Leopards are powerful big cats closely related to lions, tigers, and jaguars.
  • They live in sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China.
  •  However many of their populations are endangered especially outside Africa.
  • It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red list because leopard population are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and are declining in large part of the global range. 
  • In Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuwait, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, and most likely Morocco, leopard populations have already been  extirpated.
  • Compared to other wild cat the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull.
  • Its fur is marked with rosettes.
  • it is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but has a smaller, lighter physique, and its rosettes generally smaller, more densely packed and without central spot.
  • Bothe leopards and jaguars that melanistic are known as black panthers.
  •  It can run at speeds of up to 58 kilometers per hour.
  • The leopard's fur is generally soft and thick, notably softer on the belly than on the black.
  • Its skin colour varies between individuals from pale yellowish to dark golden with dark spots grouped in rosettes.
  • Its belly is whitish and its ringed tail is shorted than its body.
  • The male leopards can grow up to 28 inches while the females are shorter and reach up to 25 inches. The length spans across 6 feet, and they usually weigh between 130 to 190 pounds.

  •   They are excellent climbers and spend most of the day resting in the shade of branches. They can hunt both on the ground and in the trees.
  • Leopards live in a wide variety of habitats such as temperate, tropical, and arid regions, through these big cats prefer lands with lots of trees. This includes tropical rainforests ,savannahs, woodlands, and forests. They rarely live in scrublands, barren deserts, and mountainous highlands.
  • leopards are predatory carnivores. They are opportunistic feeders, and their diet consists of a large variety of animals. They generally look for medium-sized like deer and warthogs.
  • Leopards can survive without water for long periods as they get moisture from their food.
  •  Leopards' ears can hear five times more sounds that the human ear.
  •  Leopards are solitary animals and prefer to hunt alone.

  • Males and females mate with several mates. Breeding throughout the year, the peak season is usually is May or during the rainy season. the gestation period is about three months long.
  • Female leopards give birth to two to six cubs at a time. Cubs are born blind and weigh about half a kilo.
  • The darker fur coat keep the baby leopards nicely camouflaged. They start following their mother at round six to eight weeks.
  • Cubs are weaned till they reach three months of age. They will continue living with their mother until they are 18 months old. Leopards will start breeding when they are two or three years old. 



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