Rainforest Leopards

[Luipaard]

Now back to rainforest leopards, here are 2 vintage pictures of hunted leopards in Congo (not my favourite kind of pictures but it's good to compare).

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The second is very, very impressive. Here's a comparison with a Sumatran tiger:

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"The Sumatran tiger is one of the smallest tigers, and about the size of big leopards and jaguars. Males weigh 100 to 140 kg (220 to 310 lb)" (source).

This is once again proof that Central African leopards weighing 80+kg are common.


2 males from Gabon (again, they look like they weigh minimum 80kg)

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Notice the somewhat thinner neck (no need to haul prey up a tree) but MASSIVE skull. Reply