Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

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New records of the Anatolian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana Valenciennes 1856) in Türkiye

"We obtained three thermal camera videos recorded by Turkish security forces. In the one recorded from Şırnak in 2017, the leopard’s distance was about 107 m to the thermal camera. The screenshots taken from the thermal camera video have the leopard walking alongside a water buffalo with the leopard’s body structure such as body length, shoulder height and tail are clearly visible"

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"Another thermal video obtained by Turkish security forces was recorded in Erzincan provinces in 2019. The leopard was about 200 m away from the thermal camera (Figure 3), and in the screenshots taken from the thermal camera video, the body structure, tail and neck of the leopard can be clearly seen. In the original video recording, the body structure and characteristic movements of the leopard can be distinguished more clearly."

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"The last thermal video obtained from Turkish security forces was recorded in Şırnak provinces from Cudi mountain (Habis Tepe) in November 2021. The leopard’s distance from the camera was about 50 m. In these screenshots taken from the thermal camera video, the body structure, tail, and rosettes of the leopard can be clearly seen. The sex of the recorded leopard is difficult to determine as the testicles are not clearly visible."

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