Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)

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(08-16-2018, 07:48 PM)peter Wrote:

(08-16-2018, 06:28 PM)eagleman Wrote:

(12-06-2015, 09:29 PM)Sully Wrote: These cats are the largest leopards in the world, this is due to the fact that they are the biggest land predators in Sri Lanka therefore not having to compete with lions and tigers like some of their smaller cousins. Feel free to post pics, vids, data and everything else.

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Here is something on their diet:
http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJo...4-6221.pdf

Persian and central african leopards are bigger, ans savanna plus indian leopards are similar in size with Sri Lankans.

Skulls of Iran male leopards, averaging about 245 mm. in greatest total length, could be the longest and widest today. Skulls of males shot in western and central-western parts of Africa are a tad shorter, but more elevated, more muscular and more robust. They also have the longest and most robust upper canines by a margin.

Skulls of Shri Lankan and Indian leopards more or less compare in the size department. Although a bit shorter than those from western Africa, they're by no means small.

I saw numerous skulls from Tanzania and Java in German and Dutch natural history museums. To my surprise, the Javan skulls were generally more muscular and robust.

Africa has many local races showing significant differences in size. In contrast to tigers, I never saw anything even close to a cline. Leopards in western and central-western parts of Africa are among the largest. The smallest skulls I saw, however, were from leopards shot just north of that region (...). Skulls from leopards shot in the northeastern part of Africa also were small. Skulls of Arabian leopards more or less compared.

Do you have any data regarding North African (Barbary) leopards? It's said that they're were the largest, like the size of a lion (which might be a exaggeration).

Central African leopards are a tad bigger in skull sizes, averaging 255mm. Reply