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African Leopards
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Kyle de Nobrega
A young male leopard in zakouma national park . Chad  *This image is copyright of its original author
A leopard in mole national park Ghana
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A fine specimen from the Aberdare National Park, Kenya
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This is one nice documentary about leopards if someone haven´t seen before. One fun part is from 36:00 to 36:35, that reaction of those lions, priceless in a way when thinking about that situation from leopard point of view
Fantastic specimen from Aberdare, Kenya. Rangers out there estimate him to weigh 180-200lb, which does seem accurate. Very impressive male!
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A impressive benin leopard
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Pareet Shah - Cheka
They call him Double Cross BOSS. What an absolute beauty. Tosha Wild Safaris Cheka Wild — at Mara Olapa Camp.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Impressive senegal leopard
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Somalian Leopards are dangerous despite their small size.
Quote:BREAKING: Leopard shot dead in Wanlaweyn town after it attacked and killed a man injured 7 others, Thursday, in a rare incident: residents https://twitter.com/harunmaruf/status/915865108521390080?lang=en The Somalian Leopard is among the smallest subspecies: Females are around 23-27 kg, while males are 50 percent larger, which is 34.5-40.5 kg. (Big Cats By Tom Brakefield) The Somalian Leopard that killed a man and caused havoc looks around the same size but maybe slightly bigger than the Cape Leopards. Somalian Leopard:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Cape Leopard:  *This image is copyright of its original author https://capeleopard.org.za/news-media/news/story/capture-for-conservation-leopard-trapping-in-the-cederberg-and-malawi Video of a collared cape leopard: As can be seen, these two overlap in size, but the Cape Leopards look relatively robust compared to the emaciated Somalian Leopard. The Somalian Leopard was considered as a man eater during the British Somaliland (now part of Northern Somalia) : Quote:In 1889 there was a leopard, said to be a panther, which had haunted the Mirso ledge of the Golis range for some years, and was supposed to have killed over a hundred people. It was in the habit of lying in wait at a corner of a very dark, rough jungle path, where huge rocks overlooked the track; and the Somalis used to show a boulder, some 6 feet high, a yard from the path, in the flat top of which was a depression shaped like a panther's body, from which the beast was said to spring upon travellers. account of H.G.C. Swayne in Great and Small Game of Africa by Henry Bryden So even a small Leopard (or subspecies) is too dangerous for humans. Late Edit: Here is a 37 kg Leopard in comparison:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author https://capeleopard.org.za/news-media/news/story/487/to-catch-a-ghost |
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