Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

[Styx38]

(06-21-2020, 03:51 PM)Luipaard Wrote:

(06-21-2020, 02:28 AM)Styx38 Wrote: @Luipaard

If we are going by biggest to smallest Leopard subspecies, the list would be:

1. Persian Leopard

2. African Forest Leopard  (Unsure about Sri Lankan Leopard)

3. South African Leopard

4. Tie between Indian and other African Leopards

5. Indochinese Leopard

6. Amur Leopard (unsure about Javan Leopard)

7. Weird specimens, such as the Somalian and Cape Leopards

8. Arabian Leopard


^Let me know if I made a mistake.

Definitely a toss up between Persian and (West) African forest leopards for the number 1 spot. Then you have so many African populations who differ so much from each other (e.g. Kruger leopards and Cape leopards) because of various reasons (different climate, prey abundance, ...). But I'd rank them as followed:

1. African forest leopards
   Persian leopards
2. East African leopards from the elevated regions
3. Large South African populations (e.g. Sabi Sands leopards, KwaZulu-Natal leopards) 
   Masai Mara leopards from Kenya
4. Sri Lankan leopards
5. Other African populations (Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, ...)
   Indian leopards
6. Amur leopards
7. Indochinese leopards
8. Javan leopards
   Cape leopards
   Somalian leopards
9. Arabian leopards
   

I ranked the Amur leopard above the Indochinese (and Javan) leopard based on the available body measurements.

Amur leopard:

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Indochinese leopard:

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Javan leopard:

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It's quite difficult to rank them imo (bar the smaller populations) because of extreme individualism within leopards. Exceptional large males from South Africa (e.g. Mbavala leopard from Kruger, Camp Pan from Sabi Sands, ...) could be ranked higher for example.

What is the source of the Javan Leopard measurement? Reply