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Leopards, commonly referred to as Leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of four big cats in the genus Panthera live in Africa and Asia (the other big cats as lions, tigers and jaguars.) We 1 or nearly 2 meters, weighing 30 to 90 kg. Females typically about 2/3 the size of males. Although relatively small figure compared to other big cats but leopards are dangerous predators scary.

Most leopards are brown or tan with black spots, but their coat is very diverse. The spots tend to be smaller toward the top, larger and lighter at the center itself. Initially, it is thought that Leopard is a cross between a lion and journalists, and in several foreign languages ​​from the leopard is derived from this; climbing the Latin name of the lion, and the former is a term Pard means newspapers. In fact, the "message" may be a few species of cats have the gene they created black rather than golden brown color, thus creating pure black coat, in contrast to the normal-colored spots. "Newspaper", in other words, simply the dark fur leopard (or dark form of the giant cats: see black leopard).

Prior to the changes caused by man-made in the past few hundred years, leopards have been the most widely distributed species of cat than domestic cats: They are found in many parts of Africa (except sa Sahara), as well as in Asia Minor and the Middle East, India, Pakistan, China, Siberia, much of mainland Southeast Asia, the islands of Java, Zanzibar and Sri Lanka.

Amur leopards

Lifestyle and their diet is different from the other giant cats. We have the ability to hunt in the trees and on the ground, they ate from small animals such as insects, rodents, fish to larger animals such as cattle, deer, antelope, wild boar. Leopard hunting dogs should even dog owners in areas with leopards usually wise to keep them in the crib to ensure safety for them because leopards are known as people who crave meat and dogs available desperately willing to kill in the dog population. We climb very well and often hunt prey hiding in a tree.

Despite their large numbers, hunting animals and arboreal night is very difficult to see in the wild. It is possible that most areas of Yala National Park in Sri Lanka, in which wild leopard density highest in the world, but even here it is not seeing them always.

Typically, the giant cat or confused with each other, the "rusty-spotted cat," This is a concrete example. Jaguar, jaguar Africa (press hunt) and leopards often confused with each other.

Leopard can easily distinguish them from close relatives are jaguars if people know to look at the necessary points. Most leopards without spots within the rosette that jaguars always have. Amur leopard and the North Chinese leopard are occasional exceptions. Leopard smaller and less rigid than the jaguar, although they stocky than cheetahs.

Besides the outer expression, the leopards and jaguars are different living habits. Jaguar, accustomed to life in the tropical rain forests, like living near water, while leopards usually avoid damp, and is more arboreal.

Report hunt, though mingled in the living area of ​​the Leopard, is also very easy to distinguish. Leopard heavier, more compact, with a large head (in proportion to the body), and the asterisk rather than spots.

Leopards are carnivores can hunt more prey species than any other big cats hunt with gifted abilities. In many areas of our lives in Africa, we have to fight with other predators such as lions and spotted hyenas prey to win, and not something unusual for them when they were children another beast chase prey from which it has earned.

Ordinary leopards hunt at night, dawn, or at nightfall and will go stalking their prey before killing them by biting into the throat, causing suffocation prey, The Leopard can run with speed the maximum level of up to 90 km / h. They usually prey on tha relatively safe place on the plant, Cheetahs to do so because if you eat on the ground they are very vulnerable to other species such as lion beast, hyenas stolen bait. It has been found that it can retrieve a tripling it weighs up the tree.

Leopard, despite their small size, as well as predators capable of killing other people like beast. In India, due to shrinking habitat, leopards often stray into the residential area and attacked people. Leopard of Rudraprayag in supposedly killed more than 125 people and children in Panar killed 400 people allegedly after being wounded by poachers and therefore incapable of normal prey. Both this last child was killed by a giant hunting and renowned author Jim Corbett. Having noted the remote village in the Himalayas in India, as a sly panther killed 12 people in the past two years, especially leopards that attack only those drunk, staggered home in endgame shadows after drinking. The animal's sly spread terror on the people in the region.