Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

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(06-21-2020, 09:10 PM)Ashutosh Wrote: Actually, what I meant was the frequency of males weighing over 70 kilos from Northern India is much higher than Southern India. You can look at some measurements from this thread itself, there are about 5 males who weighed above 70 kilos.

The average weight is definitely not over 70 kilos for North Indian leopards but it is definitely higher by about 15% than South Indian leopard.

Well in that case they may be ranked next to Sri Lankan leopards.

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About the size of Sabi Sand leopards:

"Adult male leopards are significantly bigger than females. Although weights of adult males are often exaggerated, with some captured individuals reported to weigh close to 100kg, a far likelier average weight in the Sabi Sand Reserve would be around 70-75kg. Of course if the leopard has a full stomach that could add significantly to its weight, as individuals can eat probably a good few kilograms of meat at a single sitting. Also, leopards from different areas attain different sizes (eg. Leopards from the Cederberg region of South Africa are much smaller than their Londolozi cousins, but we’ll go into that another day), but wherever you are in the world, adult males are still going to weigh more than females, probably around 50% more in most cases. An average female on Londolozi might be in the 40-45kg range."

About their tracks:

"This is where things get slightly trickier, as again the size difference isn’t always the only thing to go on. A young male leopard’s tracks can be very similar in size to an adult female, and even within the same sex there is a tremendous amount of variation between individual track sizes. The Nanga female has probably the smallest tracks of any female leopard on Londolozi, whilst the Mashaba and Nkoveni females both have tracks that could easily be confused with a male, so large are they. The Camp Pan male had tracks so big that he was sometimes tracked in the belief that it was a solitary lioness! The general rule of thumb is that males have larger tracks, but the shape of the individual tracks themselves can also give one a clue. The outside edge of a male’s rear pad tends to be quite rounded, whilst a female’s tends to be more angular. Why this is so I can’t say, but it is a fairly consistent rule."

https://blog.londolozi.com/2018/08/18/what-is-the-difference-between-a-male-and-female-leopard/#:~:text=The%20bottom%2C%20larger%20set%20of,wider%20than%20the%20hind%20pad. Reply