Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

[Styx38]

@Luipaard 

Where did you get the Urial and Ibex weights from?

Can confirm.  Leopard's favorite prey is the Urial.

Urial that was predated on by a Leopard:

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Quote:A total of 65 kills made by the leopards were found indicating 6 different species eaten by the leopards in Sarigol which urial wild sheep formed main bulk of the kills (89.3%, n=59) (x2=198.84, df=4, p=0.000), followed by the wild boar as the second species found (4.5%, n=3) (Table 5). Among urials, adults composed the main proportion of the kills comparing to lambs (x2=38.72, df=1, p=0.000), significantly skewed toward urial rams (x2=13.29, df=1, p=0.000) (Table 6). We were able to age 34 of rams killed in Sarigol aged which showed significant difference between age categories

http://www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/media/2014/11/000306_Iran_FinalReport_PersianLeopard.pdf



As can be seen here, most of the Leopard kills in Tandoureh are Ibex and Urial:

Ibex killed by Leopard:

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http://future4leopards.org/photos/searching-for-leopards-kills-in-tandoureh/ Reply