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| Ferae | Sep 19 2013, 07:21 AM Post #496 |
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Looking at the pictures of this topic, is hard to believe that leopards rarely weights more than 90kgs. Is there any info on ~100kg male wild leopards? |
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| StoJa | Sep 19 2013, 10:34 AM Post #497 |
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Holy shit. That's a big boy! |
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| figantee | Sep 20 2013, 10:20 AM Post #498 |
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a doubt the leopard has short legs like the jaguar? |
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| Ferae | Sep 20 2013, 10:42 AM Post #499 |
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No. Leopards usally have long legs and tail, and also a more stocky body. |
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| figantee | Sep 20 2013, 08:39 PM Post #500 |
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The greatest Panther ever seen! Edited by figantee, Sep 20 2013, 08:40 PM.
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| ManEater | Sep 20 2013, 11:19 PM Post #501 |
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You speak of the shot of the black leopard i put ? You can clearly see it's a leopard with the spotted mark we can see and with the head, jaguar have got wider. |
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| figantee | Sep 21 2013, 12:11 AM Post #502 |
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Maneater There I asked if the leopards generally have shorter legs than the jaguar. |
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| figantee | Sep 22 2013, 01:28 AM Post #503 |
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| chui | Sep 23 2013, 12:29 AM Post #504 |
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This is Zeus, a 210lb (95kg) captive black African leopard. The fact he is an African melanistic leopard suggests he originates from the rainforests of Africa as it is only there that black leopards exist on the continent (bar very rare exceptions). In Africa, melanism is most common in the rift valley highland forests of East Africa, primarily in Ethiopia but also occasionally in central Kenya and the eastern DRC, Uganda, Rwanda region. It appears to be less prevalent in the vast lowland forests of Central or West Africa, though Peter Turnbull-kemp reported one case from the Cameroons where he also saw the biggest leopard he had ever seen in all his years in the field. A black leopard shot in Ethiopia.  A big spotted leopard shot in Ethiopia recently. However, the 'Ethiopian morph' pattern described isn't necessarily unique to Ethiopia. The same sort of colouration and markings are seen in other highland areas of East Africa. 
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| ManEater | Sep 23 2013, 01:13 AM Post #505 |
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I didn't know Ethiopian leopards could grow so big, it is very exciting. (I hate this kind of picture, it is sadly just for see the size) Have you got more datas on Zeus the 95kg black leopard, Chui ? Thanks. Edited by ManEater, Sep 23 2013, 01:14 AM.
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| figantee | Sep 23 2013, 05:18 AM Post #506 |
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But the case could be 95 kg overweight |
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| Ferae | Sep 23 2013, 06:07 AM Post #507 |
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White lions and tigers are usually bigger than their "normal" coloured cousins. Dos the same happens to leopard/jaguars? Are the melanistic animals usually larger than spotted ones? |
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| chui | Sep 23 2013, 11:00 PM Post #508 |
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ManEater, the Ethiopian highland forest leopard is essentially the same as the much better known highland forest leopards of Kenya (Aberdares, Mt. Kenya etc.). In fact since the highland forests in Ethiopia are far more vast than those in Kenya this type of big leopard is (or was) probably much more abundant there. However, because Ethiopia has been much less explored by western hunters there is far less info on leopards in that country than countries like Kenya. The same type of big highland forest leopard is also found in the north western Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda area where the western branch of the Great Rift Valley intersects. Some huge skulls both from scientific and hunting sources have been recorded from this area. Like the Aberdares in Kenya, the Ibanda region in the north west corner of Tanzania was renowned for its very big leopards by hunters. Regarding Zeus, the black leopard. There was a website with info on this leopard which I first discovered quite a while back and had come across many times since but I’m having trouble locating now. The main point I remember is that he is an African leopard and that he was noted for being particularly large at 210lbs. Whether he was a fit 210lbs I can't really say but he does look like a big impressive leopard in any case. The guy who posted the picture of him on flickr can probably give you more details ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzzybutt/39375509/ ). Ferae, I seriously doubt black leopards or jaguars are inclined to grow larger than their 'normal' counterparts form the same region. Nor do I believe that is true of white lions and tigers. Edited by chui, Sep 23 2013, 11:01 PM.
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| figantee | Sep 24 2013, 07:09 AM Post #509 |
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Post photos of some 100 kg leopard
Edited by figantee, Jun 21 2017, 08:58 AM.
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| figantee | Sep 25 2013, 10:02 AM Post #510 |
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