Leopard Predation Thread

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1. Sri Lankan leopard with a mugger crocodile it killed:

"We had a fantastic trip into Yala National park. visited here as part of our 8 day tour of Sri Lanka. We were lucky enough to see two leopards spotted by our guide, one where the leopard had caught a crocodile and was eating it, another leopard was crossing the track."

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2. Lions, Leopards and Elephants have killed Crocodiles on land.

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A Leopard killed a Crocodile, possibly a small adult female, when it was basking on land.

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source: Cott, H.B. 1961. Scientific results of an inquiry into the ecology and economic status of  the Nile Crocodile (Crocodilus niloticus) in Uganda and Northern Rhodesia The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 29(4): 211–356





3. Another report mentioned that Tigers and Leopards were reported to prey on adult Crocodiles.


"Jaguars are said to prey regularly on caimans , and leopards and tigers have been reported to kill and eat adult crocodiles"


Giant Reptiles (1973) by Sherman A. Minton and ‎Madge Rutherford Minton




4. Older report of a Leopard killing a 7 foot (2.1 meter) Crocodile.


"Ansell mentions the killing of a seven foot crocodile by an African Leopard."

The Leopard by Peter Turnbull-Kemp (1967) Reply