Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)

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I have to confirm that Sri Lanka elephants are very large, but still some Nepalese males seems to surpass them in height.

Now, about the leopard, the common statement is that the Sri Lanka great cat is the largest of the leopards and is even stated by Tom Brakefield in his legendary book "Big Cats kingdom of might", but this seems incorrect at some degree.

Based in the few records available, these leopards are among the largest, but overall, they are of the same size than the Indian leopards. Persian leopards are in fact larger and some African populations also compete with the mark of 90 kg.

What seems special in the Sri Lanka leopards is its behavior, which in absence of a larger competitor, is less secretive and more dominant over its territory.

So, we have two examples of mammals that are not affected by Island dwarfism. Reply