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  Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas)
Posted by: Ngala - 10-16-2016, 08:28 PM - Forum: Leopard - Replies (20)
This thread is dedicated to the Javan Leopards. Share photos, videos, data and all information about these leopards.

The Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas) is a leopard subspecies that live only in the dense tropical rainforest of the Java Island, Indonesia. After the extinction of the Javan Tiger (P. tigris sondaica), it has become the largest carnivore in the island. In this population the melanic form is very common. It's a small leopard, the second smallest after the Arabian Leopard.

Classified "Critically Endangered" by "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species", the population is estimated in 350-525 specimens, with <250 mature breeding adults (Ario et al., 2008); however, population is in rapid decreasing due to habitat loss, poaching, and prey base depletion.

Many photos, from Javan Leopard Release Programme - JLRP:

Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas) in Gunung Ciremai National Park, West Java, Indonesia. 
© TN Gunung Ciremai & CI-Indonesia 2013


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Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas) on Mount Papandayan, West Java, Indonesia. 
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A pair of rarely-seen juvenile Javan Leopards (Panthera pardus melas) pass by one of the Eye on the Forest camera traps set up by Chevron - Conservation International in Indonesia’s Mount Halimun-Salak National Park. 
© Chevron - Conservation International 


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Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas) in the protected forest of Gunung Malabar, West Java. 
© Indonesia - Conservation International


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Male Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas) captured by one of the camera traps positioned on the slopes of Mount Ciremai, West Java. 
The cameras had been installed by the Gunung Ciremai National Park's authority in order to confirm the presence of various animal species in the mountainous area. 
© Gunung Ciremai National Park's Biodiversity Assessment Team

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A melanistic (or black) Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas) passes in front of a camera trap in Ujung Kulon National Park. 
Spotted and melanistic Javan Leopards (Panthera pardus melas) are both found in the park. 
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Two melanistic Javan Leopards (Panthera pardus melas) caught by a camera trap whilst walking through the forest of Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park.
© Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)


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  Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
Posted by: Pantherinae - 10-16-2016, 03:35 AM - Forum: Carnivorous and Omnivores Animals, Excluding Felids - Replies (67)
A thread dedicated to the most badass carnivore on the planet! 
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  Battle Scarred
Posted by: Pckts - 10-14-2016, 12:02 AM - Forum: Wildlife Pictures and Videos Gallery - Replies (153)
Post Any images and stories of big cats with battle scars.
"Battle Scars" don't necessarily need to be from a fight, they can be from a failed or successful predation attempt as well.

Try to keep away from Cuts and post more of the unusual and Identifying scars we see.
I prefer Facial Region images but any area is fine.


Birmingham Boy ( I don't know how he received it)

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Charleston Male with his snapped Canine ( i believe it was kicked off on a predation attempt)

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Scar (I don't know how he got it but I know he continually picks at it now making it worse)

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Gabbar (received these from multiple territorial fights)

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Prince of Pench (territorial fight scar I believe)

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Naak Kata (injured in a fight with munna)

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Waghdoh Male (Injured by gaur or fight)

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Bamera Male (i forgot how he injured it, either fight or predation attempt)

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Injured Pantanal Jaguar

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Maxine (scars from territorial fight)

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Mick Jaguar, the famous jag from the caiman video (battle scar from a territorial fight most likely)

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Scar from South Africa (scar unknown)

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Hamu Male leopard from Sri Lanka

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Maxabeni from Sabi Sands

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  Bear Species and Subspecies
Posted by: brotherbear - 10-13-2016, 02:48 PM - Forum: Bears - Replies (47)
On this topic, I plan to list each species and subspecies with some information and pictures. I'm not really certain that the term 'subspecies' is still considered accurate. I remember this being discussed, perhaps somewhere on this site. *It would be really great if someone would someday create a brown bear family tree show who is most closely related to who. 
I will begin with the Atlas bear... http://www.bearsoftheworld.net/atlas_bear.asp 
 
The Atlas Bear is the only known bear in the Ursinae line known to be native to Africa. An officer from the English military named Crowther first brought the Atlas Bear to the public's attention by his investigations in 1840, which is when the scientific community really recognized its existence. The Atlas Bear was classified as subspeciesUrsus arctos crowtheri by Swiss naturalist Heinrich Rudolf Schinz in 1844. It is sometimes listed as its own species Ursus crowtheri
 
HABITAT
Though the Atlas bear mainly inhabited the Atlas Mountains and surrounding areas of Morocco, Algeria, and Libya, fossilized remains of the Atlas bear have been discovered in caverns throughout North Africa. It lived in the mountains and forests.


CHARACTERISTICS
The Atlas bear had shaggy blackish brown hair, a black muzzle, an orange rufous chest and belly, and sometimes a white spot on the throat. Its fur was 4 to 5 inches long. Its build was reported by Officer Crowther as being shorter than that of an American black bear, with a more blunt face and unusually short, although thick claws.  

  
DIET
The Atlas Bear is believed to have fed at least partially on roots, acorns and nuts.


EXTINCTION
Following the expansion of the Roman Empire in Northern Africa, thousands of bears were hunted for sport, used for execution of criminals, and killed during venatio games. The Atlas Bear is believed to have become extinct in the 1870s. 

 

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  Are White Tigers/Lions Larger than Normal Colored?
Posted by: Pckts - 10-13-2016, 04:54 AM - Forum: Questions - Replies (12)
I have noticed @peter mention that he thinks White lions or tigers are larger than their normal colored counter part.
I don't think I agree.

I'm curious as to any data or images you guys have that can back your stance one way or another.

My reasoning....

White Tigers: All white tigers came from Mohan which he then mated with his daughter or grand daughter and thus began the epidemic today known as "white tigers"
I don't understand how an inbred white gene can create a larger cat?

Another question I have is this.
Lets say White tigers are larger, would they also be the closet living relative to Pure Bred Indian Bengal tigers in N. America since Mohan was 100% and only the Bengal sub species carries the white gene which Mohan had to breed with.

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(sex unknown)


White Lions:
To my knowledge, Kruger/Timbavati are the only place where this happens in the wild and in captivity they are occurring more and more.
From what I have seen in wild lioness, there doesn't seem to be any difference in size, may be wild Male lions but that is unknown to me.

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In captivity I do know that the largest lion in the big pride at BJWT is King Ali (white lion) but they are still sub adults and different age groups.
I know I have seen very large white lions but I couldn't tell you if they are larger or smaller than regular colored lions I have seen.


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  Estimate weights on animals.
Posted by: Pantherinae - 10-12-2016, 03:47 AM - Forum: Miscellaneous - Replies (24)
I'm interested in knowing what you're thoughts are on animals maximum weights. It's always fun to play with you're thoughts on  what an animal can potentially weigh at an absolute maximum. It's always fun estimating a little  Lol
I'll start adding some animals.  My estimates:
Tiger: 300 kg
Leopard: 100 kg
Jaguar: 160 kg
Lion: 300 kg
Guar: 1200 kg  
Cape buffalo: 1000 kg
Bison: 1000 kg  
Cougar: 90 kg  
Wolf : 86 kg
Spotted hyena: 95 kg  
Brown bears: 750 kg  
Polar bears: 1000 kg  
Hippo: 3000 kg  
White rhino: 4000 kg  
Indian rhino: 3700 kg  
Gorilla: 200 kg  
Orangutan: 110 kg

Btw great if you add a picture of the biggest of these animals you have seen.
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Photo Huge Tiger camera trapped in Uttarakhand
Posted by: anand3690 - 10-11-2016, 01:17 PM - Forum: Tiger - Replies (15)
Huge Tiger camera trapped in Uttarakhand.


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  For Waverider
Posted by: Pckts - 10-11-2016, 07:26 AM - Forum: Debate and Discussion about Wild Animals - Replies (43)
If any of you are active on Carnivora you'll notice @WaveRiders calling a few of us out on Carnivora over koch's lion which I couldn't care less about. What I don't like is the fact that he is well aware that some of us (me for one) are banned on Carnivora and unable to discuss any claims which he is making. So, if you would like to discuss something new here, then feel free but don't call us out on a different forum when you're already a member here.

@BoldChamp don't try to say me and @Roflcopters are the same person.
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  The ABC Island bears
Posted by: brotherbear - 10-09-2016, 04:57 AM - Forum: Bears - Replies (1)
https://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/News-and-Views/Archives/2013/News-of-the-Wild-Bears-2013.aspx 

 A GENETIC STUDY OF ALASKAN BEARS published last March in PLOS Genetics reveals that the huge brown bears of Alaska's Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof Islands, known as the ABC Islands, originated as a population of polar bears. DNA studies by James Cahill, a graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California-Santa Cruz, and his colleagues revealed that ABC-island brown bears show clear evidence of polar bear ancestry and share more DNA with female polar bears than with males. This evidence suggests that at the end of the last ice age a polar bear population became isolated on the ABC Islands and that male brown bears, which when young tend to leave the area where they were born, swam to the islands and “gradually transformed the population from polar bears into brown bears,” Cahill says.The new work indicates that episodes of gene flow between the two species occurred only in isolated populations and did not affect the larger polar bear population, which remains free of brown bear genes. However, the findings suggest that continued climate warming and loss of Arctic sea ice may allow the same genetic swamping to occur more broadly.
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  Trip to the Toronto Zoo
Posted by: Shardul - 10-07-2016, 07:31 PM - Forum: Vacations and Holidays - Replies (12)
I recently went to the Toronto zoo, saw an amazing variety of animals, including a massive Grizzly.

Here are the pictures.

Female Indian rhino with calf.


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Next to humans.


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Orangutans, most fun animals ever.


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