Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

[Pckts]

(09-26-2020, 12:49 AM)Styx38 Wrote: @Pckts

So what are the skull measurements in mm for both length and width?

They don't differentiate Length from Width unfortunately, it's just total score.

You'll have to convert inches to MM to get that measurement.


Asian Leopards (Only 9 available)

1. 12/1966 India, Lougur R 16 6/16"
2. 04/1964 India, Salmara Nawab M. Asaf Ali R 15 13/16"
3. 02/1965 India, Bastar Ajai Kumar / Allwyn Cooper R 15 11/16" 
4. 04/1968 India, Madhya Pradesh Percy Dinjhaw R 15 8/16" 
5. 04/1966 India, Madhya Pradesh Mohammed Deen R 15 6/16" 
6. 04/1971 India, Madhya Pradesh Dhram Chandra R 15 6/16" 
7. 12/1966 India, Madhya Pradesh R 15 1/16"
8. 12/1968 India, Maharashtra, Junona Nawab M. Asaf Ali R 14 10/16"
9. 01/1964 India R 14 6/16" 

DESCRIPTION Head and body length 44-72 inches (112-183 cm). Tail length 18-30 inches (46-76 cm). Shoulder height 20-28 inches (51-71 cm). Weight 100-150 pounds (45-68 kg), sometimes more.

A large, handsome cat with a long body and comparatively short legs. The dense coat varies from pale yellow to rich buff or chestnut, and is marked with numerous black spots grouped in rosettes. The tail is long and spotted, with black bands near the tip. Melanistic individuals ("black panthers") can occur in otherwise normal litters, especially in dense, moist forests. The claws are sharp, curved and retractile. Unlike most cats, leopards (also lions, tigers and jaguars) have an elastic vocal apparatus that enables them to roar. Females are similar to males, although smaller and more slightly built.

HABITAT Among the most adaptable of living mammals, it occurs in all types of habitat that provide it with enough food and cover, from rain forest to subdesert and from low plains to high mountains.

DISTRIBUTION More adaptable to humans than most large cats, and still found over most of its original range, though in much fewer numbers. In Asia, leopards occur from the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas and Turkey eastward across southern Asia to the Pacific, including Sri Lanka, the Malay Peninsula, Java and the Kangean Islands; and north through China to Manchuria, Korea and southeastern Siberia.

Outside of Asia, leopards are widespread in Africa, especially south of the Sahara.

TAXONOMIC NOTES Twelve subspecies are listed in Asia: ciscaucasica (Caucasus), delacouri (Indochina), fusca (India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma], southern China), japonensis (northern China), jarvisi (Sinai Peninsula), millardi (Kashmir), nimr (Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, Israel), orientalis (southeastern Siberia, Manchuria and Korea), pernigra (Nepal to Sikkim), saxicolor (Iran to Baluchistan), sindica (Kirthar range), and tulliana (Asia Minor to Transcaucasica). They are combined here, with fusca Meyer, 1794 having priority.

STATUS All Asian leopards are listed as endangered by the USF&WS (1972). All leopards are on Appendix I of CITES (1975). The Asian subspecies jarvisi, nimr, orientalis and tulliana are listed as endangered by the IUCN. Reply