Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

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No chest measurements for the Namibian Leopards.

Anyway, here are some measurements for four different Leopards, all within the 60-65 kg weight range.



Africa:


Male leopard from the the Mangwe area in Zimbabwe. The Leopard was 62 kg, and had a chest girth 87.5 cm.

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source: Grant, Tanith-Leigh. Leopard population density, home range size and movement patterns in a mixed landuse area of the Mangwe District of Zimbabwe. Diss. Rhodes University, 2012.



India: 


There was a male Leopard that was 65 kg, and had a chest girth of 84 cm.

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source: Deka, K., Athreya, V., Odden, M., & Linnell, J. (2012). Chemical immobilization of Leopard Panthera pardus in the wild for collaring in Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 109(3), 153-157.



There was a male Leopard in Dachigam that was 65 kg, with a chest girth of 85 cm.

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source: Habib, B., et al. "Ecology of Leopard Panthera pardus in relation to prey abundance and land use pattern in Kashmir Valley. Project Completion Report Submitted to Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India., Wildlife Institute of India." Amol Nargolkar (2014): 6.



Iran: 


There was a male Leopard that was 64 kg, and had a chest girth of 87 cm.

*This image is copyright of its original author

source: Sanei, A. "Analysis of leopard (Panthera pardus) status in Iran (No. 1)." Sepehr Publication Centre [In Persian], Tehran, Iran (2007). Reply