Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

[AndresVida]

(02-08-2022, 04:24 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: gure of 190 cm for a head-body length of leopards (sic!) was created and perpetuated in the litterature, even in books like "Walkers Mammals fo the World" and modern cats books like "Wild Cats of the World" from Dr Sunquist and wife (2002) and Dr Hunter (2015).

Not to mention the Barbary lion-sized claims of leopards! sic!! 
It's actually pretty sad of all of these measurements are either taken from measuring  statched pelts (probably the most inaccurate method to ever exist, same method gave birth to the belief that Bernard wolves were 120 cm tall at the shoulder, that's about as high as an average interior grizzly bear and as high as a ngandong tiger. Gives you an idea of how inaccurate it is!) regarding head-body measurements and the "over the curves" methods regarding shoulder heights. I just hope we are gonna get more reliable ones in the future. But guessestimating is always interesting. In your opinion what's  the highest SH for African leopards? Reply