Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

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(10-01-2020, 12:17 PM)Styx38 Wrote: @Pckts

Despite the weight disagreements here, African Savanna Leopards have some of the greatest feats of strength.

I have not seen any other Leopard subspecies haul up something this big. 

For example, you have Indian Leopards hauling up Chitals, but nothing as impressive as African Leopards.

I always wondered what is truly the largest animal (without any body parts eaten) that a Leopard has hoisted up a tree. Also, what is the heaviest recorded weight.

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Anyway, here are Waterberg (Limpopo province, South Africa) Leopard weights.

"Average leopard weights for the Waterberg as estimated by Grimbeek (1992) were 58.8 kg for males and 38 kg for females"

source:  Swanepoel, L.H. 2008.  Ecology and conservation of leopards, Panthera pardus, on selected game ranches in the Waterberg region, Limpopo, South Africa

It's always impressive to seem carcasses hauled up trees, even when it's an Impala or Warthog, it's impressive to me. Impala can actually be pretty big and warthog are very stocky.

Here's a better picture: Check out the size of this guy, he really was a Huge Leopard. I've seen maybe 4-5 in wild so it's not like I have the most to compare but out of all the wild and captive Leopards I've seen, none have come close to him.

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