Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

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@Pckts 

Quote:So #9 is the zygomatic arch width?

Yes it is:

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Quote:Also, are the weights listed?

No, these are skulls from various musuems and private collections:

"The examined material is housed at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia (ZIN), Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (ZMMU), Municipal Museum, Stavropol, Russia (MUM), S. Janashia State Museum, former Caucasus Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia (JSM), Natural History Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan (NHMB), Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHM) and in private collections."

Quote:And it looks like Southern Iran and S. Caucasus were actually larger than the north?

I recall you saying the north were larger than the south, no?

According to My Journey with Persian Leopard they are:

"leopards in Tandoureh are exceptionally big, sometimes up-to 20% than similar cohorts in southern Iran. Big males in Tandoureh weigh 75 kg or more while in central arid mountains, they are normally less than 60 kg."

Perhaps there were more females in the sample from North Caucasus? After all, that sample contained 10 leopards (vs 5 from South Caucasus).

The largest Persian leopard skull (and one of the largest in general) is from a male leopard in Golestan National Park (Northern Iran): 288 mm x 181 mm

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From Population status of the Persian Leopard(Panthera pardus saxicolor Pocock, 1927) in Iran (link) Reply