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

[Luipaard]

Regarding the melanistic leopards in Africa. I too don't know why they'd say things like that. There have been seen black leopards in Ethiopia and Kenya before:

"MARVEL: An extremely rare black leopard was spotted near Loisaba Conservancy in Laikipia by biologist Nick Pilfold. A similar discovery was recorded by then Nation photojournalist Phoebe Okall in 2013 at Ol Jogi Conservancy, with a previous melanism case sighted in Ethiopia in 1909" (link)

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"It's not common to see Black Leopards in Ethiopia. Just captured Black and Spotted Leopards together in the Bale Mountains National Parks around Harenna Forests." (link)

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This one was posted by two different persons, who I assume are from Kenya (link) (link 2nd photo)

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