Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

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(04-30-2022, 01:53 AM)LonePredator Wrote:

(04-30-2022, 01:50 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(04-30-2022, 01:42 AM)LonePredator Wrote: I meant the Leopard whose length and weight was written in the book which you sent the picture of. It was written in inches and pounds I think so I converted it.

The longest leopard from India, measured "between pegs", was of 249 cm, so a male of 239 cm seems completelly plausible, and a weight of 77 kg seems correct for it; a shoulder height of 68.6 cm seems correct too, as the tallest Indian leopards was recorded at 74 cm.

Surely, I agree. Indian Leopards are also the longest aren’t they? Are they also the tallest?

I wonder why Indian Leopards still lag behind in terms of weight.

Like all leopards indian leopards are typically thin with the exception of well fed forest dwelling specimens. They are also shorter than african leopards and probably persian leopards as well. I dont think its fair to say that they should be the most massive or heavy leopards simply because of their length. 

A lot of modern and hunting record weights for indian leopards come from tiger dominated areas/tiger reserves where leopards tend to hunt smaller animals. How can we expect them to be just as bulky as persian leopards and therefore weigh the same? 

Indian leopards that have a good prey base and no competition are just as heavy as persian leopards there are many examples of this. Reply