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Arabian leopard
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09-18-2018, 01:17 AM
( This post was last modified: 09-18-2018, 08:02 AM by sanjay
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Hey guys noticed there was no thread for the Arabian leopard the smallest leopard subspecies and a cat thats really close to extinction The Arabian leopard has pelage hues that vary from pale yellow to deep golden or tawny and are patterned with rosettes. At a weight of about 30 kg (66 lb) for the male and around 20 kg (44 lb) for the female,
 
Two videos about this rare specy:
The first one by the Al Jazeera english (2011): A second movie commented by Jonathan Scott, well known thank to his Masai Marai movies in Kenya: Notice how they looks different from other leopard subspecies both the mother and cub (09-18-2018, 01:17 AM)bigcatlover Wrote: Hey guys noticed there was no thread for the Arabian leopard the smallest leopard subspecies and a cat thats really close to extinction The Arabian leopard has pelage hues that vary from pale yellow to deep golden or tawny and are patterned with rosettes. At a weight of about 30 kg (66 lb) for the male and around 20 kg (44 lb) for the female, At the same time, because the Arabian lion is extinct, the leopard is the biggest Arabian cat, even the cheetah would doubtfully compete with the leopard for weight due to its skinny physique which is more for speed than power: http://www.catsg.org/cheetah/05_library/...Arabia.pdf Levantine leopard vs South Arabian leopard, from the link above, Harrison and Bates: Check out the greenery of South Oman's Dhofar Mountains, which has Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve, one of a number of areas in the Arabian Peninsula that still has leopards (http://www.yemenileopard.org/files/cms/r...eopard.pdf): Ancient Yemeni or South Arabian relief of both a lion and leopard attacking prey, in the Walters Art Museum: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/76505 "On the left side of this relief, an Asiatic lion attacks a gazelle, while a rabbit tries to jump away from the gazelle's forelegs. On the right, a leopard jumps down from rocks onto the back of an ibex; a small rodent flees the hoofs of the ibex. Birds in the branches of acacia trees observe the two scenes. The frieze was broken in two during the civil war in Yemen in 1962, and the longer right section was discolored by fire. "  *This image is copyright of its original author Though this video is on the Arabian lion, it also shows a leopard and cheetah after the first minute:
Forward from (https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-bigcats...6#pid80376), the place in the UAE to watch out for, in case the leopard reappears, is the eastern mountainous region next to Oman and the Gulf of Oman.
Map of the UAE, with the Musandam Peninsula in the northeast: http://ontheworldmap.com/uae/uae-road-map.html  *This image is copyright of its original author Jabal Hafeet (Mount Hafeet) near Al Ain City in Abu Dhabi Emirate, where a leopard was sighted in 1949 (http://www.catsg.org/fileadmin/fileshari...irates.pdf, http://www.yemenileopard.org/files/cms/r...eopard.pdf), and where other species of organisms, including the caracal (https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environme...s-1.829133) and unique ones, have been sighted: https://gulfnews.com/uae/environment/uni...-1.1202677  *This image is copyright of its original author Hajar Mountains near Ras Al Khaimah, including the UAE's highest mountain, Jabal Jais, in the Musandam Peninsula (also where the leopard was sighted, up to the 2000s at least: http://www.catsg.org/fileadmin/fileshari...irates.pdf, http://www.yemenileopard.org/files/cms/r...eopard.pdf): https://gulfbusiness.com/maintenance-und...-accident/  *This image is copyright of its original author Wadi Wurayah in the Emirate of Fujairah, where the leopard is still rumoured to be (https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environme...h-1.650338, https://gulfnews.com/uae/environment/une...-1.2257589), but otherwise, where a leopard track was possibly observed in September 2007. Image supplied to Gulf News: https://gulfnews.com/uae/environment/une...-1.2257589  *This image is copyright of its original author
Otherwise, for now, in the UAE, you can find these leopards at zoos, including a breeding centre for endangered fauna of the Hajar, within the Hajari region:
Emirates Park Zoo near Abu Dhabi City (the capital): https://www.flickr.com/photos/shankaronl...444037495/  *This image is copyright of its original author Al Ain Zoo near Jabal Hafeet, Emirate of Abu Dhabi: https://www.alainzoo.ae/explore-zoo/animals/mammals  *This image is copyright of its original author Al Hefaiyah Conservation Centre at Kalba (on the coast of the Gulf of Oman) in the Emirate of Sharjah, which breeds endangered fauna of the Hajar Mountains: http://www.sharjahupdate.com/2016/03/sha...-tourists/  *This image is copyright of its original author
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 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Source: https://lawrenceballconservation.com/2013/03/20/arabian-leopard-camera-trap-photos/
MBS wants to bring the leopard, besides other wildlife, back to Al-Ula, an archaeological site in the mountainous region of the Hejaz, north of Medina in western Saudi Arabia:
Saudi Gazette: http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/55888...t-to-world  *This image is copyright of its original author "[b]AL ULA —[/b] The Royal Commission for Al Ula announced its vision to responsibly develop Al Ula as a world heritage destination centered around conservation and collaboration with the local community. Projects announced include the Sharaan Nature Reserve, Sharaan Resort and the establishment of The Global Fund for the Arabian Leopard, under the patronage of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier, minister of defense and chairman of the Royal Commission for Al Ula (RCU)." The National (UAE newspaper): https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/tra...1.861529#3  *This image is copyright of its original author "When Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman laid the foundation stone for the development of a new ecotourism project in the kingdom in February, he helped launch a development that could transform a historic region in the country’s north-west through the revival of its natural ecosystems. Developers want to attract as many as two million visitors to Al Ula. One of the cornerstones of the project is Al Sharaan Nature Reserve, where the region’s original ecosystem will be restored. It’s something that Amr Al Madani, chief executive of the Royal Commission for Al Ula, is passionate about. “Al Ula is a place of spectacular natural beauty, with varied habitats that once thrived with life, coexisting with our early ancestors, as seen through rock inscriptions in the valleys,” Al Madani says. “We are committed to reliving these traditions of peaceful coexistence and preserving the natural beauty of Al Ula’s landscapes, as well as re-establishing the rich diversity of plant life and wildlife that once flourished here.”"
I came across this: https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservat...in-danger/
The Arabian Leopards of Oman by Andrew Spalton and Hadi Al Hikmani, illustrated by Vicky White. (04-17-2019, 09:21 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: Otherwise, for now, in the UAE, you can find these leopards at zoos, including a breeding centre for endangered fauna of the Hajar, within the Hajari region: The Emirate of Sharjah has another wildlife center dedicated for Arabian animals, especially the leopard, that's the Arabian Wildlife Center, or "Arabia's Wildlife Center": https://www.alshindagah.com/may2001/7.html  *This image is copyright of its original author https://universes.art/art-destinations/s...center/23/  *This image is copyright of its original author This centre had a sister facility that's now closed to the public, the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife (https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Arab..._277011088), which was replaced by Al Hefaiyah Mountain Conservation Centre near Kalba (http://www.sharjahupdate.com/2016/03/sha...-tourists/), which I mentioned above. Back in 2001, the Breeding Centre had assisted the Yemeni zoos of Sana'a and Ta'izz, themselves meant for breeding or conserving local fauna such as the leopard, with taking care of their animals (http://www.wmenews.com/Information/Other...-69pdf.pdf). The old Breeding Centre: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Arab..._277011088  *This image is copyright of its original author
(05-20-2019, 10:52 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: I came across this: https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservat...in-danger/ Forward from (https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-african...2#pid83142), you may notice from the map above that the Sinai Peninsula, in the Asian part of what is now Egypt, is treated as being part of the former range of this subspecies. Actually, that peninsula had a subspecies or population of its own, the Sinai leopard (Panthera pardus jarvisi), which was proposed by the British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock in 1932 (https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wi....tb01085.x), based on a skin from the Peninsula, a land-bridge between mainland Egypt (where an African leopard would have been spotted in Elba Protected Area in the southeast in 2014: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mamm.20...5-0089.xml) to the west and the Arabian Peninsula and Levant (where the Arabian leopard would be present: https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservat...in-danger/) to the east, which is treated as part of Asia, thus rendering Egypt a transcontinental country like Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan: https://sciencetrends.com/what-continent...cially-in/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Sinai-Peninsula  *This image is copyright of its original author Stuffed Sinai leopard at the Zoological Museum of Giza Zoological Museum, Egypt: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...Museum.jpg  *This image is copyright of its original author Exactly whether or not the Sinai leopard is a subspecies, or part of a subspecies, is a matter of controversy. Due to a lack of tissue samples, in 1996, Miththapala et al. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/...10041115.x) subsumed it to the Caucasian or Persian subspecies (Panthera pardus ciscaucasia syn. Panthera pardus saxicolor, now Panthera pardus tulliana according to the Cat Specialist Group, 2017, pages 73–75: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/hand...sAllowed=y), and then in 2001, Uphyrkina et al. (http://www.biosoil.ru/files/00001386.pdf) subsumed it to the Arabian subspecies (Panthera pardus nimr). As I mentioned here (https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-on-the-...2#pid68902), the CSG also said that the Sinai and Arabian leopards could be the same subspecies as African leopards (Panthera pardus pardus), and all other leopards in Asia and European Russia (which has Caucasian leopards (Panthera pardus ciscausia / tulliana)), including the Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera parsus kotiya), could be one subspecies (Panthera pardus fusca), with the exception of the Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas): "Luo et al. (2014) published a further molecular study which included more samples from Indochina and the Malay Peninsula. The phylogeographical patterns are not clear for all putative subspecies. For example, P. p. kotiya is close to East Asian leopards based on mtDNA, but groups with P. p. fusca based on microsatellites (Uphyrkina et al. 2001). P. p. saxicolor also seems to group differently depending on the analysis used (Uphyrkina et al. 2001, Luo et al. 2014). Luo et al. 2014 show that P. p. fusca is diphyletic based on mtDNA, which was not found in previous studies. Khorozyan et al. (2006) analysed the skull morphometrics of southwest Asian leopards, and concluded that saxicolor and ciscaucasica were consubspecific, but retained tulliana and millardi as distinct. However, sample sizes were very small for some of these putative subspecies. Rozhnov et al. (2011) examined sequences of mtDNA (NADH5) and 11 microsatellites from southwest Asian leopards. They concluded that all were consubspecific from Afghanistan through Iran to the Caucasus, but no western Turkish specimens (tulliana) were analysed. Here japonensis is included in orientalis; there is no clear biogeographical barrier between these two forms which appear to form a cline in northeastern Asia. As the molecular differences between continental Asian leopards are very small compared to differences in Javan leopards (P. p. melas; Wilting et al. 2016), there could be a case for including all Asian subspecies, excluding melas, in a single Asian subspecies. These conflicting results from different studies suggest that more comprehensive sampling is required from throughout the range, taking advantage of museum specimens of known provenance."
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