Leopard Predation Thread

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Quote:You're  getting away from what this debate was actually about and it was the claim that African Leopards were more adept arboreal cats which wasn't the case. It had more to do with the Tree differences between India and Africa. 

@Pckts What i meant was that African Leopards are more arboreal compared to Indian Leopards, which in turn are more arboreal than the other Asian Leopards.

Thus, African Leopards are more arboreal than Asian Leopards on a general basis.

If we rank arboreality based on tree caches and/or arboreal prey, it would be like this from most to least arboreal;

1. African Leopards

2. South Indian Leopards / Sri Lankan Leopards

3. North / Central Indian Leopards

4. North Indian Leopards (Himalayas)

5. Indochinese Leopards

6. Amur Leopards / North Chinese Leopards

7. Persian Leopards (Caspian Forests)

8. Persian Leopards (Arid regions)

Feel free to disagree or agree with this list. 

Quote:I'm not gonna debate where the most usable trees are to be found. After all we're comparing a big country to an entire continent.

@Luipaard

Here are some trees that I could find. 


In North India, a Leopard managed to cache a Chital kill in an Indian Cherry tree  (Cordia dichotoma). 

https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-felids-...#pid162525

Rajaji National Park is a sub-Himalayan type, so possibly a transition between Sal and Himalayan pine forests.


In West/Central India, Leopards stored their prey in Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) and Amli (Tamarindus indica)

source: Zehra, Nazneen, Rohit Chaudhary, and Jamal A. Khan. "Ecology of Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca Meyer) in Dry Tropical Forests of Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat, India." International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 45.3 (2019): 241-255.

Gir National Park is a teak forest.


In South India, Leopards cache kills in thick branches. 

I am not sure about the tree species, but you can see a thick branches. This is possibly Crocodile Bark Tree (Terminalia elliptica) or Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia).

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