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 (04-16-2022, 02:02 AM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 12:17 AM)Styx38 Wrote:I agree. They actually do live in the same regions but in different ecosystems/environments. There is one national park with both common leopards and kiangs but these two species would still almost never encounter each other.(04-13-2022, 02:58 PM)Luipaard Wrote: Leopard attempting to kill a kiang, the largest species of wild ass The Leopard and Kiang could possibly meet somewhere around the Annapurna-Manaslu Conservation area. Also, is there a source for the Leopard with a Crocodile kill?  (04-16-2022, 11:26 PM)Styx38 Wrote:Sanjiangyuan national park in northern tibet has a very isolated population of leopards as well as kiangs. Leopards here are exclusively found in the high altitude forests though and the same would go for the annapurna region(04-16-2022, 02:02 AM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 12:17 AM)Styx38 Wrote:I agree. They actually do live in the same regions but in different ecosystems/environments. There is one national park with both common leopards and kiangs but these two species would still almost never encounter each other.(04-13-2022, 02:58 PM)Luipaard Wrote: Leopard attempting to kill a kiang, the largest species of wild ass Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hB1WohixZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (04-16-2022, 11:51 PM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 11:26 PM)Styx38 Wrote:Sanjiangyuan national park in northern tibet has a very isolated population of leopards as well as kiangs. Leopards here are exclusively found in the high altitude forests though and the same would go for the annapurna region(04-16-2022, 02:02 AM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 12:17 AM)Styx38 Wrote:I agree. They actually do live in the same regions but in different ecosystems/environments. There is one national park with both common leopards and kiangs but these two species would still almost never encounter each other.(04-13-2022, 02:58 PM)Luipaard Wrote: Leopard attempting to kill a kiang, the largest species of wild ass If I am not mistaken, Leopards prefer the lower elevation forests compared to the high altitude habitats of Snow Leopards. This is why they practically never meet each other. Also, thanks for the source. (04-18-2022, 12:35 AM)Styx38 Wrote:Leopards certainly do not have an elevation preference. It is true that in some areas, (like in nepal or india) snow leopards are found in higher altitudes while leopards are found in the forested lowlands. But in the qinghai-tibet plateau a lot of these mountain ranges are almost entirely forested, and the two cats dont display spatial partitioning from each other.(04-16-2022, 11:51 PM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 11:26 PM)Styx38 Wrote:Sanjiangyuan national park in northern tibet has a very isolated population of leopards as well as kiangs. Leopards here are exclusively found in the high altitude forests though and the same would go for the annapurna region(04-16-2022, 02:02 AM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 12:17 AM)Styx38 Wrote:I agree. They actually do live in the same regions but in different ecosystems/environments. There is one national park with both common leopards and kiangs but these two species would still almost never encounter each other.(04-13-2022, 02:58 PM)Luipaard Wrote: Leopard attempting to kill a kiang, the largest species of wild ass Recently, researchers found a new leopard population here that consisted of at least 30 individuals. They also found 20 or so snow leopards living in the exact same area co-existing with these leopards. This is one of many areas in the qinghai-tibet plateau that are home to resident snow leopards and resident common leopards.  *This image is copyright of its original author
(04-18-2022, 01:29 AM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-18-2022, 12:35 AM)Styx38 Wrote:Leopards certainly do not have an elevation preference. It is true that in some areas, (like in nepal or india) snow leopards are found in higher altitudes while leopards are found in the forested lowlands. But in the qinghai-tibet plateau a lot of these mountain ranges are almost entirely forested, and the two cats dont display spatial partitioning from each other.(04-16-2022, 11:51 PM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 11:26 PM)Styx38 Wrote:Sanjiangyuan national park in northern tibet has a very isolated population of leopards as well as kiangs. Leopards here are exclusively found in the high altitude forests though and the same would go for the annapurna region(04-16-2022, 02:02 AM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 12:17 AM)Styx38 Wrote:I agree. They actually do live in the same regions but in different ecosystems/environments. There is one national park with both common leopards and kiangs but these two species would still almost never encounter each other.(04-13-2022, 02:58 PM)Luipaard Wrote: Leopard attempting to kill a kiang, the largest species of wild ass From what I have searched up, Leopards are only recently moving into Snow Leopard habitat due to external factors like climate change. "But, they add, climate change could make that more complicated. "In a changing climate, we expect the tree line to move up the slopes and that's encroaching into the snow leopard's habitat," said Byron Weckworth, China programme director with Panthera, a conservation organisation dedicated to preserving wild cats. Some studies have shown that the upper forest tree line is already being pushed higher." https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38610862 Outside of that, there habitat was still separated by elevation. "Snow leopards live at an altitude above 3,000m in typically open and rocky areas. Common leopards' habitats include forests and woodlands at lower elevations. Scientists say the lower reaches of snow leopard's habitats and the upper limits of common leopards' territories have always overlapped in the Himalayas and other high mountains in Asia." https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38610862 Of course, I am not denying that there may be overlap without the external factors. It is just not properly studied yet. "Koustubh Sharma, the Snow Leopard’s Senior Regional Ecologist, believes that there could be more overlap between the two leopard species in the future, as climate change impacts their habitats. “In parts of the Eastern Himalayas, for instance, the climate is becoming warmer and more humid, which might some of the habitat predominantly used by snow leopards today more attractive to common leopards”, he says. However, he asserts that we have no evidence that such overlaps are a new phenomenon. An absence of evidence cannot be considered as an evidence of absence. It is possible that the two cats have always had some degree of overlap, and have developed strategies to simply avoid each other. We might just not have had the technology and luck to observe this earlier. Dr. Wen Cheng from Shan Shui told the BBC that the availability of food will be key. “The possibility for co-existence or conflict highly depends on the abundance and diversity of wild prey,” he said." https://snowleopard.org/sharing-spots-sn...tat-china/ (04-18-2022, 02:18 AM)Styx38 Wrote:Yeah that’s possible. Leopards won’t live in non-forested areas so if the tree line is being pushed up then leopards may be getting more comfortable expanding their territories up in higher altitudes.(04-18-2022, 01:29 AM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-18-2022, 12:35 AM)Styx38 Wrote:Leopards certainly do not have an elevation preference. It is true that in some areas, (like in nepal or india) snow leopards are found in higher altitudes while leopards are found in the forested lowlands. But in the qinghai-tibet plateau a lot of these mountain ranges are almost entirely forested, and the two cats dont display spatial partitioning from each other.(04-16-2022, 11:51 PM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 11:26 PM)Styx38 Wrote:Sanjiangyuan national park in northern tibet has a very isolated population of leopards as well as kiangs. Leopards here are exclusively found in the high altitude forests though and the same would go for the annapurna region(04-16-2022, 02:02 AM)Twico5 Wrote:(04-16-2022, 12:17 AM)Styx38 Wrote:I agree. They actually do live in the same regions but in different ecosystems/environments. There is one national park with both common leopards and kiangs but these two species would still almost never encounter each other.(04-13-2022, 02:58 PM)Luipaard Wrote: Leopard attempting to kill a kiang, the largest species of wild ass  *This image is copyright of its original author Also, this isn’t something new. A while back I found this old book on google books that mentioned how in the Indian state of Kashmir, common leopards were recorded at higher altitudes than snow leopards. Common leopards have a preference for forested areas, elevation doesn’t really seem to matter which is why they occasionally share the same areas as snow leopards
A Leopard with a Jungle Cat kill.
 *This image is copyright of its original author source: Bhandari, Shivish, Kedar Baral, and Binaya Adhikari. "Leopard preyed on Jungle cat: evidence from the mid-hill of Nepal: Leopard preyed on Jungle cat." European Journal of Ecology 8.1 (2022).
Here is footage of a Leopard killing and dragging away a Manchurian Sika Deer.
 *This image is copyright of its original author From here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIstapvJULo It was a young male Leopard by the name Leo 131 that was getting rehabilitated due to a car injury.
The remains of a Raccoon Dog that was killed by a Leopard.
"Near one of the fallen trunks, the staff of the reserve found the hair of a raccoon dog. They suggest that the leopard caught the victim next to the tree, brought it to the beech trunk and ate it there. In addition to the dog's hair, no other parts of the skeleton or skin were found at the site. Presumably, the remains of the victim were carried away by crows, which were nearby at that moment. It is likely that they spread the wool of a raccoon dog around the cluster within a radius of 15-20 meters, the press service of the Caucasian Reserve reported." https://www.yuga.ru/news/436769/  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Predation on okapi by a leopard in the ituri forest:
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/978-1-53615-906-6_ch1.pdf The study also talks about leopard interactions with bili apes, such as one case of a chimpanzee feeding on a leopard carcass and more.
Here are some Leopards with Urial kills**.
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Here is a picture of a 90 kg Urial Ram that was killed by a 45 kg Leopard. Rough translation: "Urial is the largest wild sheep in Iran and at the same time the most beautiful, which is considered one of the best leopard prey in northeastern Iran. The above ram, about ten years old and weighing about 90 kg, was easily killed by a 45 kg leopard in front of our astonished eyes."  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.instagram.com/p/CCiFAUZglJo/?hl=en This is the instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davodzarif3/?hl=en ** The second photo with the Leopard and Cub lying next to the skull may actually be a Bezoar Goat kill. This is based on the horns, but Davood tagged it with Urial Sheep, so I could be wrong here.
A Cow that was killed and eaten by a Leopard.
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.yjc.news/fa/news/5955446/%D8...B%8C%D8%B1  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author http://www.iew.ir/1395/03/16/48043  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.rokna.net/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4...9%84%D8%AE These attacks were all in the Mazandaran Province of Iran.
A Leopard catches a Monkey in Panna National Park India.
 *This image is copyright of its original author source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o24XwIXOiSo Here is a full news video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDuc2O3CpM Here is another video of Leopard with a Monkey kill in the same national park. ^ These videos are interesting since you do not see much footage of Leopards hunting Monkeys in trees in India as much as in Africa. The Leopards in Africa seem to be more arboreal compared to most of their Asian counterparts. |
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