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Leopard - Panthera pardus
Topic Started: Jan 7 2012, 08:52 PM (43,040 Views)
Kurtz
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"Leopard prey choice in the Congo Basin rainforest suggests exploitative competition with human bushmeat hunters"

http://www.academia.edu/1040374/Leopard_prey_choice_in_the_Congo_Basin_rainforest_suggests_exploitative_competition_with_human_bushmeat_hunters

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Leopard prey on wildbeest in Serengeti
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http://walkthewilderness.net/animals-of-africa-1-leopard-hunting-a-wildebeest/
Edited by Kurtz, Jan 15 2013, 04:21 AM.
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The most important topics on this forum on leopard, for further information:

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Lions vs Leopards - http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9779066/1/

Leopards killing Warthog & other prey - http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9341641/3/#new
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Population status of the Persian Leopard

"The Leopard (Panthera pardus) is well known and widely distributed in Iran. There are
several places in Iran with the Persian (Farsi) name of Palang-Kuh, which means leopard
mountain (Palang = leopard and Kuh = mountain).
Iranian Leopards are very variable in size and colouration: both heavy and pale specimens
as well as light and dark specimens are found in different localities. NOWELL & JACKSON
(1996) recognize three subspecies occurring on Iranian territory: P. p. saxicolor Pocock
1927, P. p. dathei Zukowsky 1964, and P. p. ciscaucasica Satunin 1964. However, according
to MITHTHAPALA (1992), P. p. dathei is not a valid name, and ciscaucasica seems to be a
synonym of saxicolor. It therefore seems that both the smaller and darker Leopards of the
south and the larger and paler Leopards of the north are all better referred to as saxicolor"



"Fig. 7. The largest skull of a male Leopard so far found comes from Golestan National Park, 1990.
The skull owner is A. R. MEHRJOU."

http://www.kasparek-verlag.de/PDFs/041-048%20Kiabi-Leopard.pdf
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The Jakkalsdraai Female leopard brings down TWO male impalas! By Debbie Mills


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Highly impressive! ^ What an enterprising cat.

Leopard weights and measurements from India, from 'The Leopard in India : A Natural History' by J.C Daniels;

From H.E Moss
"The Weight of a good male panther in Gujurat is something over 100 pounds.
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One in Danta, measuring 6 feet 10.5 inches weighed 114 pounds
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the second, a Kathiawar panther 7 feet 1 inch in length, weighed 123 pounds
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Both we in good condition
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"Pythian Adams gives the weight of a 6'4" female shot in the Nilgiris as 78 lbs and R C Morris gives the weight of a 6'10" male shot in the North Coimbatore forests as 118 lbs."

Skull sizes;
Basal Length - 11.25"
Breadth - 7.9"
Weight - 2 lbs. 4 0z.

From Rowland Ward's "Records of Big Game"
Length - 11.25"
Breadth - 7.125"
Weight - 1 lb. 12 oz.

Largest Indian Leopards skulls from A M Markham, Lt Col L L Fenton, Sir Edmund Loder, Bart.
Length - 10 1/4"
Breadth - 6 5/8"
Area - Bijnor, U.P

Length - 10 3/6"
Breadth - 6 1/4"
Area - Gir Forest

Length - 10 inches
Breadth - 6 1/2"
Area - Belgaum

Largest Specimen in the Society's collection measures 8.3" in basal length and is 5.9" wide acros the zygomata. This animal taped 7"3".
Edited by Canidae, Feb 13 2013, 01:00 AM.
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Did the leopard kill both of the impalas?
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Feb 13 2013, 12:59 AM
Highly impressive! ^ What an enterprising cat.

Leopard weights and measurements from India, from 'The Leopard in India : A Natural History' by J.C Daniels;

From H.E Moss
"The Weight of a good male panther in Gujurat is something over 100 pounds.
...
One in Danta, measuring 6 feet 10.5 inches weighed 114 pounds
...
the second, a Kathiawar panther 7 feet 1 inch in length, weighed 123 pounds
...
Both we in good condition
."

"Pythian Adams gives the weight of a 6'4" female shot in the Nilgiris as 78 lbs and R C Morris gives the weight of a 6'10" male shot in the North Coimbatore forests as 118 lbs."

Skull sizes;
Basal Length - 11.25"
Breadth - 7.9"
Weight - 2 lbs. 4 0z.

From Rowland Ward's "Records of Big Game"
Length - 11.25"
Breadth - 7.125"
Weight - 1 lb. 12 oz.

Largest Indian Leopards skulls from A M Markham, Lt Col L L Fenton, Sir Edmund Loder, Bart.
Length - 10 1/4"
Breadth - 6 5/8"
Area - Bijnor, U.P

Length - 10 3/6"
Breadth - 6 1/4"
Area - Gir Forest

Length - 10 inches
Breadth - 6 1/2"
Area - Belgaum

Largest Specimen in the Society's collection measures 8.3" in basal length and is 5.9" wide acros the zygomata. This animal taped 7"3".
leopards from Maharashtra, India avg 63 kilograms, substantially identical in size to leopards in kruger, Kzn, Zimbobwe:
http://www.projectwaghoba.in/docs/morphometry_of_leopards_from_aharashtra_india.pdf

Too great variation in size in India like in Africa
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Feb 13 2013, 02:39 AM
Did the leopard kill both of the impalas?
No K9, only one
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male cheetah and a female leopard
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A very rare, adrenaline-packed showdown between two spotted predators: a male cheetah and a female leopard. The leopard came to steal the cheetah's fresh kill. No one expected the cheetah to fight for it, as he is lower on the predator hierarchy, but he was very hungry—it had been a couple of days since his last meal. We were all stunned by the sudden engagement between the two cats. Sometimes hard work pays nothing and ultimately the leopard prevailed. Botswana.
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/photography/photos/best-pod-january-2013/cheetah-leopard-botswana/
Edited by Kurtz, Feb 17 2013, 05:36 AM.
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The cheetah is so much larger, and it still lost. Leopards are beasts.
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India: Leopards in the Backyard

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An image of a leopard taken with a camera trap. (Credit: Vidya Athreya)

Mar. 8, 2013 — A new camera-trapping study in India has revealed that leopards can occur at high densities in densely-populated and heavily-modified agricultural environments. Despite the high density of leopards there are no reports of human fatalities in the study area.

The results from this study challenge the popular misperception that large carnivores require wilderness areas to survive. On one hand this greatly expands the area of interface between humans and leopards which will require a proactive approach to dealing with potential conflicts on a large scale. However, on the other hand it opens up many new areas for conservation, greatly increasing the chances of maintaining the connectivity which is so important to maintain viable populations in the long term.

The conservation of large carnivores like wolves, bears, tigers and lions is always a challenging task in our modern and crowded world. Humans have modified and fragmented habitats and often experience a diversity of conflicts with large predatory neighbours.

There is currently a major debate going on among conservationists about how to best go about achieving large carnivore conservation. Alternatives range from a focus on fencing carnivores into protected areas to allowing them to reoccupy shared landscapes where they must coexist with human activities. At least part of this discussion depends on determining to what extent the species can tolerate living in human-dominated landscapes.

In order to investigate this a team of researchers from Norway (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and Norwegian University for Life Sciences) and India (Wildlife Conservation Society -- India) conducted a camera-trapping study around the town of Akole in western India.

The landscape is heavily dominated by people (350 people per km2), virtually all habitat is converted to agriculture (mainly sugar cane), and there are no wild prey species bigger than hares in the landscape. There were no forests or protected areas close to the study area.

Despite this extent of human dominance of the landscape, the study revealed a very high density of both leopards and stripped hyenas (5 adults per 100 km2). In addition to these large carnivores the studied revealed the presence of a range of smaller predators, including rusty spotted cats, small Indian civet, Indian fox, jungle cat, jackals and mongooses.

The leopards were photographed very close to houses at night, and even seen in the middle of the town. Despite this very high density of leopards, there were no reports of any people being seriously injured in living memory, although the leopards were living on a diet of domestic dogs and livestock which was a source of some conflict.

The results from this study challenge the popular misperception that large carnivores require wilderness areas to survive. On one hand greatly expands the area of interface between humans and leopards which will require a proactive approach to dealing with potential conflicts on a large scale. However, on the other hand it opens up many new areas for conservation, greatly increasing the chances of maintaining the connectivity which is so important to maintain viable populations in the long term.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130308093806.htm


Similarly in Nairobi and surrounding settlements in Africa Leopards live close to people. Prevalent film maker Alan Root who lived in the area relate this from his autobiography:
"Leopards were common in the area at the time, with many a dog snatched off a veranda or hauled out of its kennel, and one even being dragged away on its leash out of the owner's hands, in a traumatic end to that evening's walkies."
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Feb 17 2013, 05:36 AM
male cheetah and a female leopard
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A very rare, adrenaline-packed showdown between two spotted predators: a male cheetah and a female leopard. The leopard came to steal the cheetah's fresh kill. No one expected the cheetah to fight for it, as he is lower on the predator hierarchy, but he was very hungry—it had been a couple of days since his last meal. We were all stunned by the sudden engagement between the two cats. Sometimes hard work pays nothing and ultimately the leopard prevailed. Botswana.
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/photography/photos/best-pod-january-2013/cheetah-leopard-botswana/
Great picture! Thanks for posting
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A leopard killing a wildebeest near the Taleko River in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Paul Goldstein says, that the female leopard waited a little before jumping on the victim. At first the wildebeest managed to escape, but then the leopard jumped again and killed it.

http://om911.com/paul-goldsteins-wildlife-photography.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/9098219/Animals-captured-in-mid-air-by-wildlife-photographer-Paul-Goldstein.html?image=3

this is a female leopard vs a foal....imagine what a large male can do
Edited by Kurtz, Mar 30 2013, 09:36 PM.
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