ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - D - THE LEOPARD (Panthera pardus)

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LEOPARDS IN WESTERN AFRICA  


a - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.634.726&rep=rep1&type=pdf (Henschel, P., Gottingen, Germany, 2008 - thesis about Gabon leopards)

b - http://www.eva.mpg.de/fileadmin/content_files/primatology/bonobo/pdf/Damour_et_al_2006.pdf (d'Amour, D.E., Hohmann, G., and Fruth, B., 2005 - bonobos and leopards - the bottom line is that large size is no protection against leopards, perhaps the opposite is true) 

c - http://mahale.main.jp/PAN/7_2/7(2)-05.html (Furuichi, T., 1995 - adolescent male chimpanzee killed and partly eaten by a leopard in a forest 300 m. from shore)

d - http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2010/04/06/spotting-leopards-the-import/ (Switek, B., 2010 - a comment based on a study - the bottom line is Ivory Coast leopards preferred large monkeys living in large groups over smaller monkeys living in smaller groups) Reply