Leopard

Leopards The name leopard comes from a Greek word meaning leopardus. Which it’s a combination of a lion and a panther. They are also considered as panthers but it just has spots. Leopards look similar to the jaguars but just that the leopards have little spots than the jaguar's spots. These big cats aren’t just any other big cats like the lion, jaguars, and tigers, What makes them different than the jaguars is their coat, how they take care of their cubs, and what their diet is. I know leopards

The Leopard Long ago, the leopard and the Ethiopian, his white hunting companion, lived in a place called the High Veldt. The two dominated this vast grassland, and they were able to hunt and catch any animal they wished. Their favorite meals consisted of the plain sandy-yellow-brown coated giraffe and zebra. One sunny day, the giraffe and zebra were hiding from the leopard and Ethiopian within the shadows of the trees. Mysteriously, jagged shadow-shapes appeared on the fur of the giraffe and the

animals of the world today, the Amur leopard is facing the likelihood of extinction. Their threat is not by means of natural selection or a changing world but by man who has deliberately or unknowingly depleted their habitat and community. Only mans' intervention and realization of the problem can hope to save these animals (Garman 1996). According to Kutscherenko (1995) the wild population of the Amur leopard has dwindled to an estimated 120 to 140 leopards, 30 of which were counted in Russia

The Panthera pardus orientalis or the amur leopard is often called “The Rarest Cat in the World”. Do you know why this is so? Well, let's just say this is not for a very content reason. Amur leopards go by this title because they are endangered. You might think, though, that there probably about maybe 2,000 or more left, but if you think that then you are way off. Do you know how many there are? Take a wild guess. Don’t know? Well, I’ll tell you. According to WWF, there are only an estimated 60-70

Spotted leopard is endangered species because of over hunting. It is one of the five big cats in the genus Panthera. Is also a member of the Felidae family. This PC currently resides in the sub Sahara part of Africa and parts of Asia. The spotted leopard like other leopards have short legs. The spotted leopard only girls to about 3 feet tall. The leopards girl is rather large with these largest canines has any other feline. Another name for leopards is johar 's both leopards and johar 's that are

The leopard species is mostly associated with the stable conditions in the African savannah however there is a rare exception living in the harsh winters of eastern Russia. This species goes by the common names of Amur leopard, Far East leopard, Manchurian leopard or the Korean leopard. The Amur leopard’s scientific name is Panthera pardus orientalis, in the family felidae and one of ten sub species of leopards. In 2000 the IUCN added the Amur leopard to their Red List of Threatened Species classifying

Up until this point in time, scientists and researchers assumed that black leopards all shared a sleek black coat. This made it very difficult to tell the individual animals apart. However, thanks to a new imaging technique that was discovered accidentally, the complex spots on black leopards can now be seen. The Unintended Discovery William Laurance (https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/bill.laurance), a researcher at James Cook University (http://www.jcu.edu.au/) in Australia, says that they somehow

Bringing Back the Amur Leopard The Amur Leopard is a critically endangered cat. It is considered the most rare cat in the world. I will talk about how man is trying to conserve it and bring it back. I will also be talking about the habitat it lives in, and the food it eats. I will have many facts in this article involving these subjects. I hope you Enjoy, Bringing Back the Amur Leopard. The Amur Leopard is an Incredibly rare subspecies that lives in the Russian far east. To survive, it has been

Science 5th 10 November 2017 Snow Leopards The world is full of many diverse animals. They all have many unique attributes. Some are carnivores. Others are herbivores. Many are indigenous to certain biomes. Some are thriving in population, while others are on the brink of extinction. All animals have their specialties in surviving. One such unique animal is the snow leopard. The snow leopard is fighting for its existence against many obstacles. The snow leopard has many adaptations to its biome

There are less than 5,000 snow leopards left in the wild. To put that in perspective, that averages to about one for every 4 people that live on Ft. Leavenworth. Snow leopards pose no threat to humans, but humans are the greatest threat to snow leopards. (1)A snow leopard is an amazing creature. (2) Snow leopards are “ solitary animals” that live and hunt in the rocky areas of the Himalayas and surrounding mountains (National Geographic). (3) They have beautiful white coats that are inches