Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

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(04-30-2022, 01:53 AM)LonePredator Wrote:

(04-30-2022, 01:50 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(04-30-2022, 01:42 AM)LonePredator Wrote: I meant the Leopard whose length and weight was written in the book which you sent the picture of. It was written in inches and pounds I think so I converted it.

The longest leopard from India, measured "between pegs", was of 249 cm, so a male of 239 cm seems completelly plausible, and a weight of 77 kg seems correct for it; a shoulder height of 68.6 cm seems correct too, as the tallest Indian leopards was recorded at 74 cm.

Surely, I agree. Indian Leopards are also the longest aren’t they? Are they also the tallest?

I wonder why Indian Leopards still lag behind in terms of weight.

I am not sure. However, there were two relatively long Leopards.

In one study, two adult male Leopards from Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat, India were measured and radio-collared.

One was 54 kg while the other was 52 kg.

Each of their total lengths were 2.5 meters.

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source: Zehra, Nazneen, Rohit Chaudhary, and Jamal A. Khan. "Ecology of Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca Meyer) in Dry Tropical Forests of Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat, India." International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 45.3 (2019): 241-255. Reply