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North Chinese Leopard from Xinlong County, Sichuan Province.
The Leopard was most likely wounded in a territorial fight with another Leopard.
This is most likely a North Chinese Leopard due to the location.
"In eastern and central China leopard populations are greatly reduced and highly fragmented. Recent camera-trap surveys and other evidence confirmed the presence of the subspecies in only eight provinces (from north to south): northern Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, northern Henan, western Sichuan, southern Qinghai, and Tibet. Most populations in these provinces are small, and occur in isolated protected areas, and it is unknown whether these subpopulations are viable in the long term. Although some records were from outside protected areas, it is probable that these subpopulations."
source: Laguardia, Alice, et al. "The current distribution and status of leopards Panthera pardus in China." Oryx 51.1 (2017): 153-159.
North Chinese Leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis)
