Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

[Pckts]

Yala Leopards are what I'm speaking on, you have to remember that most photographers go to Yala, it's by far the most popular park and the leopards are known there compared to elsewhere in Sri lanka.

As for skull size, I see 7-11 which is their normal range, none close to the 12" mark btw and width is obviously not in the same category while they are still smaller than even Amazon jags which are much smaller than their Los llanos and pantanal cousins, also remember that Jaguars show very different Correlation to skull size with not just length but width of skull as well. Trying to say leopards skull are close to Amazonian skull size so they should be the same size as them is incorrect. 

In regards to prey size, red river hog are small, smaller than warthogs which are a staple in Leopard diet along with wildebeest, impala, herdebeast, zebra, kudu, water buck and much more. *youngster or sub adults mostly for the larger prey listed* 

Persian Leopards probably have a propensity to be th largest which is why I said they hit the higher maximum more often but again, they aren't in that 100kg plus category nor that 80kg average category. 

I'm also of the mindset that there are larger cats out there that obviously aren't measured, the number of them is minimal (1%) of the total population probably and not like itll make much of a difference when it comes to averages. Which is why you see the massive overlap in all leopard sub species. Reply