Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

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(02-08-2022, 12:18 AM)Luipaard Wrote: @GuateGojira 

Here are links of the leopards LoveAnimals posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjtGMa-hy_k
https://imgur.com/gallery/uXtaU6Q

Anyway, I agree and disagree at the same time with you regarding this:

Quote:there are very few leopards over 90 kg, most are about 50 - 70 kg, depending of the population.

While generally true, +90kg males are more commonly found in parts where leopards grew very big such as Iran. Remember the study Patterns of sexual dimorphism in the Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) and implications for sex differentiation (2014) where they gathered weights across the whole country of Iran (= most randomly selection there is). Out of 22 males, 4 males weighed more than 90kg which is almost one out of five. On average yes most males will weigh between 50kg-70kg.

Like I said, most of the large leopard populations shows that males weight between 50 - 70 kg. However, if you check my post I never said that especifically the Persian leopards weighed in that range. The average male weight 65.8 kg which is the biggest average of the leopard subspecies, as far I remember. Now, on the sample of 21 males, 3 weighed over 90 kg (14.3%) and a total of 8 males that weight between 75 to 95 kg (38%). So there is no doubt that this population produce large males, but we can't know the weight of the leopards in the images because there is not reference. I can estimate them between 70-80 kg but is just a simple guess. Is like the people that swear that there are 300 kg Amur tigers in these days based in pictures, but probably they weight much less. Reply