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Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
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Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
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 (05-14-2019, 09:37 PM)Styx38 Wrote:(05-13-2019, 10:52 PM)Pckts Wrote: @ And my main point is there are far more Sambar in India than Sri Lanka and it's already been shown that Leopard take down adult Sambar, but again, Indian Leopards have far less small to midsize prey options compared to their African counterparts and thus they are smaller. But so are Sri Lankan Leopards as well, even without the presence of Lions and one of the densest Leopard populations on earth. Some of the largest Leopards on the other hand have all come from densely Lion populated locations, Leopards with scores higher than Congolese Leopards or Persians. "Tirumala hill range in Southern part of India by the name of Balaji. He was 108kg when caught in the wild." He is anything but confirmed, caught at 2 years old with a claimed weight of 108kg then 139kg when he was in the Zoological park yet Guiness, nor any scientific community has recognized him. In fact the only story on him is one article and nothing else, from the Hindu no less. I'd wager it's fake. This image is him after not eating for 4 days, he's obviously an obese cat.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Obviously since they give no measurements, it's no recognized in any scientific journal or Guinness, nor is there a record of the capture, location or images, it's anything but verified. But in regards to largest Indian Leopards "The largest individual appears to have been a male man-eater that was shot in the Dhadhol area of Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, in 2016. It reportedly measured 8 ft 7 in (262 cm) from head to tail, 34 in (86 cm) at the shoulder, and weighed 71 kg (157 lb).[14][15]" and you see here that even these Indian's were larger than their Sri Lankan Cousins  *This image is copyright of its original author Even while living in Tiger dominated habitats. Just in case you were wondering how Leopards do with in Lion Territory, let's look at one of the arguably Largest Leopard alive today, the Anderson male. While the Anderson male was resident in the north-central reaches of the Sabi Sands at a time when the Camp Pan male was holding territory in SE Londolozi, the two males were separated by not only distance but also by the buffer of other big males in between. The only time they could possibly have met up was when the Camp Pan male finally got pushed out of his territory by a combination of the Piva and Inyathini males and became nomadic. Having said this, once evicted the Camp Pan male did seem to confine most of his movements to the areas bordering the Sand River, skulking through the reedbeds and trying to remain as unobtrusive as possible. I doubt whether he moved far enough north that he would have encountered the Anderson male. "While the Anderson male was resident in the north-central reaches of the Sabi Sands at a time when the Camp Pan male was holding territory in SE Londolozi, the two males were separated by not only distance but also by the buffer of other big males in between. The only time they could possibly have met up was when the Camp Pan male finally got pushed out of his territory by a combination of the Piva and Inyathini males and became nomadic. Having said this, once evicted the Camp Pan male did seem to confine most of his movements to the areas bordering the Sand River, skulking through the reedbeds and trying to remain as unobtrusive as possible. I doubt whether he moved far enough north that he would have encountered the Anderson male." proof of their power "The Camp Pan male was a big leopard. Fact. He was immensely powerful, and I personally saw him with the hoisted carcasses of kudus, young wildebeest and juvenile zebras. Not small animals to carry up into the trees. His tracks were what really set him apart, however, and I doubt I will ever again see a leopard with feet that big. His “unmistakeable” tracks were, in fact, mistaken for those of a lioness on more than one occasion." "first things the Anderson male did when establishing territory on Londolozi was to hoist the carcass of a young giraffe. Yes, a giraffe! Giraffe foals are born weighing around 100kg, and I’m here to tell you that the Anderson male had not eaten much of the kill before carrying it into the branches of a long-tailed cassia. It was a truly outrageous display of strength." https://blog.londolozi.com/2015/09/23/are-these-the-biggest-leopards-youve-ever-seen/ As you can see, with a huge healthy lion population, not only do we still see arguably the largest Leopards in Africa, we also see a large healthy population of Male Leopards as well. On top of that, you see these big males not only killing 100kg animals but hoisting them into trees if need be and that's not including the feeding they do on the ones that are too large to hoist. Last is this... "As you mentioned that prey size is correlated with carnivore size, there will be more Leopards above 70 or 80 kg in a place where there are no carnivores than in the plains of Africa or the Tiger dominated jungles of India and Southeast Asia, due to a higher frequency of killing and getting all its nutrition from larger prey" Again, Lion or Tiger dominated Reserves are also Ungulate dominated reserves, Leopards in C. Africa, S. Africa, E. Africa and GIR are all huge healthy cats, Leopards in Kabini, Kanha, Pench, Panna or Umred are all huge as well, showing once again that even in Lion or Tiger dominated areas, Leopards thrive and produce large cats. |
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