Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

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(10-26-2020, 03:12 PM)Luipaard Wrote:

(10-24-2020, 05:07 AM)Styx38 Wrote: @Luipaard

So Namibian Leopards range in size that much?

We have small to mediocre sized Leopards.

We have 60-80 kg Leopards in Na'an Kuse and Okonijima.

We also have two different 90+ kg Leopards.

There was a 96 kg(?) specimen from Valencia, and there was also a 95 kg Leopard from Khomas as recently as 2017.

Namibian leopards vary in size regionally (like most leopard populations); they're bigger where the density is highest, which is Central Namibia. The 96kg male also originated from this region. 

Could you share the 95kg male from Khomas Highland? I'm not aware of this one. I do know male leopards in particular from this area are sometimes known as problematic animals as they can become cattle killers. It's the main reason they're being hunted over there. The reported 108kg male I posted before was also from the Khomas Highland region.

Quote:Leopards in Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana, average around 70 kg.

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This 76kg male was also from the Tuli Predator Project (from page 1):

"Here's a general summary of this project: Aspects of the ecology of leopards (Panthera pardus) in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana

I do know that a particularly big male captured by this project was weighed at 76kg, again can't find the original webpage but that's what I have noted down. This male, named Skebengwa, unfortunately died after a fairly minor wound got very badly infected. You can read about him here: Tribute to a King

Another photo of "Skebengwa", looks like a short chunky male."

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Do you have the remaining article for the measurements of the 76kg Male? Reply