Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

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@1977marc wrote
"He is a well known male in the Sands and whore a collar for years which they removed and the rangers told that he then weighed 97 kg

Arno Pietersen made this picture and tol me that when they put the collar on he was 84 kg. He has got his information directly from the rangers involved and the vets!!"

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Vin Diesel Male



A NEW COLLAR FOR .NKOSI..
This morning Team AfriCat was able to successfully provide Nkosi - one of our resident male leopards in the 20 000 ha Okonjima Nature Reserve - with a brand new VHF - collar. His previous collar started to cause difficulties over the past few weeks - making it difficult for the guides and AfriCat’s research team to regularly keep on track with him. In order to avoid complete failure, Dr. David Roberts, who currently is spending the week at the AfriCat headquarters, darted Nkosi early this morning.
Apart from a few minor scratch marks, Nkosi is in good health condition. With a weight of 61 kg is he the smallest among our big male leopards in the reserve. Usually occupying a territory in the eastern part of the reserve, Nkosi has previously been observed to expand his familiar ranges into the northern and eastern direction.

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here some more pictures wsich Kurtz posted. By then he was 70 kg
A few more measurements for you on Nkozi: Shoulder height: 0.78m; body length: 0.98m; upper canine: 4.3 cm - lower canine: 3.5 cm



AfriCat Namibia
24 januari om 15:52
WAHU, OUR FAMOUS FELINE AMBASSADOR...
... is with his impressive 16 years of age the oldest ambassador at AfriCat’s Carnivore Care Centre. Over the years he was visited by school groups, volunteers and guests from around the world and is most likely the most photographed carnivore on Okonjima who even made it onto 2014’s National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.
Last Thursday Dr. Ulf Tubbesing volunteered his time to dart and perform a thorough examination on Wahu, who lost a considerable amount of weight within the last few months.
His current weight of 52.8 kg confirmed that he lost about 5 kg within one year. During the clinical examination Dr. Tubbesing couldn’t find any serious clinical abnormalities. An ultrasound machine was used to exclude a possible abdominal growth. Lymph nodes, kidneys and spleen appeared normal; heart - lung sounds were inconspicuous. A blood smear revealed a slight elevation of leukocytes suggesting a mild infection/inflammation. No parasites were visible in the blood.
After awaiting the final results of hematology and serology we can say with relief that all in all and considering his age - Wahu is in good shape. The biochemistry analysis showed an elevation in Urea which is typical in carnivores that are on a high protein diet. Total protein, cholesterol and calcium were slightly elevated and low, respectively, but, according to Dr. Tubbesing, don’t seem to be of significance.
We say thank you Dr. Tubbesing for his kind assistance and hope that Wahu will act as ambassador for his wild counterparts for many more years.
Read more about Wahu: http://www.africat.org/index.php…





@1977marc wrote
"Here some new pictures of this 97kg male form the Sabi Sands. Good to see next to a vehicle ho massive this boy is"

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"he is 97 kg man eater. He was weighted twice, 93 kg and 97 kg by vets and rangers. He was collared "


the 65.5 kilos beast: Mafana

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I am a Master Measurer and did measure it several times. The score ended up to be 18 4/16(dry), the body was not that long(7.2 feet), he weighed 185 pounds. Length and weight are irrelevant, because if he had a full stomach, he would have weighed over 200 pounds. Something very interesting I thought, was that his tail had a circumference at the base of 10 inches."

Officially from SCI this cat will be the new # 8 on SCI in all of Africa and will be the new record taken out of Namibia Reply