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- Big Cat "Leopard"
- Big Cat "Leopard"
- Big Cat "Leopard"
- Big Cat "Leopard"
- Big Cat "Leopard"
- Big Cat "Leopard"
- Cute poochy mouth!
Love the stare! Great shot. - a02toyota - love it!!ready to attack - miss77talktothehand
Big Cat "Leopard"
I wish all my Flickr friends a nice weekend!
The leopard (pronounced /ˈlɛpərd/), Panthera pardus, is a member of
the Felidae family and 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 due to hunting and loss of habitat, and the
greatest concentration of leopards now occurs chiefly in sub-Saharan
Africa; there are also fragmented populations in Pakistan, India,
Indochina, Malaysia, and China. Due to the loss of range and declines
in population, it is graded as a "Near Threatened" species.
Its numbers are greater than other Panthera species, all of which face
more acute conservation concerns.[2]
The leopard has relatively short legs and a long body, with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, although it is of smaller and slighter build. Its fur is marked with similar rosettes to those of the jaguar, though the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and the leopard's rosettes do not usually have central spots as the jaguar's do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic (completely black or very dark) are known as black panthers.
The species' success in the wild owes in part to its opportunistic hunting behavior, its adaptability to habitats, and its ability to move at up to approximately 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph).[3] The leopard consumes virtually any animal it can hunt down and catch. Its preferred habitat ranges from rainforest to desert terrains. Its ecological role is similar to the American cougar.
Subspecies
As many as 27 leopard subspecies were once suggested, the number growing from the time of Linnaeus in the 18th century to that of Reginald Pocock in the early 20th. In 1996, Miththapala et al. revised this downward to just eight subspecies based on DNA analysis.[15] Uphyrina et al. would concur in 2001, but split out a ninth separately, the Arabian leopard (P. pardus nimr). The latter researchers note the number might be an underestimation because of limited sampling of African leopards. Their list is as follows:[14]
* African leopard (P. pardus pardus), Sub-Saharan Africa.
* Amur leopard (P. pardus orientalis), Russian Far East, Korean
Peninsula, and Northeast China.
* Arabian leopard (P. pardus nimr), Arabian Peninsula.
* Indian leopard (P. pardus fusca), Indian Subcontinent.
* Indo-Chinese leopard (P. pardus delacouri), Mainland Southeast
Asia.
* Javan leopard (P. pardus melas), Java, Indonesia.
* North Chinese leopard (P. pardus japonensis), Northern China.
* Persian leopard (P. pardus saxicolor), Central Asia.
* Sri Lankan leopard (P. pardus kotiya), Sri Lanka.
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Happy Gram, The Family Dog, maios, Steve-h, and 191 other people added this photo to their favorites.
S@ilor (32 months ago | reply)
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~Craig~ (32 months ago | reply)
Purrrfect detail
Happy Gram (32 months ago | reply)
WOW, so up close and personal, magnificent shot.
The Family Dog (32 months ago | reply)
cool portrayal !
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maios (32 months ago | reply)
awesome photo!!!!!!!
Steve-h (32 months ago | reply)
Great eyes!
Grand shot !
the-father (32 months ago | reply)
impressing and beautiful.
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fallrod (32 months ago | reply)
Wowwww! So close!
Photosong (32 months ago | reply)
Great capture!
Clare L H (32 months ago | reply)
Beautiful
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El@_56 (32 months ago | reply)
Beautiful cat *gg*
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Jacob Mee (32 months ago | reply)
Nice .....wonderful.......i love it......bravo! :^)
dusk013 (32 months ago | reply)
Absolutely gorgeous!
lenakolobova (32 months ago | reply)
Кадр хороший !
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Love the whiskers!
green little monster (32 months ago | reply)
no finally
THIS is a fearsome creature
:))
May Dantas (32 months ago | reply)
Wow !! awesome shot !! fav !
Nikky666 (32 months ago | reply)
Cool picture...u not scared to come so close..
PPL 2A (32 months ago | reply)
Nice capture.
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Saad Kadhi (32 months ago | reply)
Oh hang on a sec ... you took this at 28mm? I hope there was something to protect you from this friendly-looking carnivore!
Very good capture and DOF
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johnnymd314 (32 months ago | reply)
Amazing close up. The catchlights in its eyes really makes this shot.
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Elisisu&Skipper [equilibri su bolle di sapone] (32 months ago | reply)
wonderful look..
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Photoitaly (Labronico) (32 months ago | reply)
Bello questo scatto
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Spectacular!
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Aamir Yunus (32 months ago | reply)
WOW! Excellent!
linoush2000 (32 months ago | reply)
wow! stunning image!
cris restan (32 months ago | reply)
WOW..great exposure....!!!
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Javã Társis (32 months ago | reply)
WOW
A big picture!
Perfect focus and color!
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annibel (31 months ago | reply)
Magnífica!!!!!!!!!! buena semana!
a02toyota (31 months ago | reply)
Cute poochy mouth!
Love the stare! Great shot.
HennyHR (31 months ago | reply)
Wonderful image.
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nhpanda (still trying to catch up....) (31 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot!
Marko60 [deleted] (31 months ago | reply)
incredible shot
Gorgo07[è tutto un equilibrio sopra la Follia] (31 months ago | reply)
marvellous
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marykpics (31 months ago | reply)
Amazing eyes! Great shot!
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bodyinmotion (31 months ago | reply)
36 miles an hour...now that is Fast! What a gorgeous creature, you've done him justice with this shot.
paigee' (31 months ago | reply)
Amazinggg!
Jodi M. (31 months ago | reply)
Fantastic close-up. Leopards are so beautiful =]
S Bavido (31 months ago | reply)
Amazing! This is a very intense shot!
jenny downing (31 months ago | reply)
extraordinary; I found myself leaning forward to meet that gaze
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JaneJHJ (31 months ago | reply)
Stopped me in my tracks too
the EYES WOW
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