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Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)
Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)
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Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)
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Male leopard portraits from Kumana National Park. I will be posting females soon. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/784466732140068864/926707866000318464/IMG_1069.jpg
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Large male leopard from Wasgamuwa National Park. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/784466732140068864/926709871087353876/IMG_1086.jpg
Horton plains leopard with its sambar bull kill
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Horton plains male leopards
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A leopard with merged spots seen in Horton plains National park. It basically has stripes which is really cool
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Ozzie, a male leopard from peak ridge forest corridor in central SL
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New dominant male establishing territory north of yala block 1. This is the Galalukada Wewa 3:3 male. He is 5 years old now
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Male from Kumana national park
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KM14 Robert from Kumana National Park
 *This image is copyright of its original author Sahan Gooneratne  (02-11-2022, 10:05 PM)Twico5 Wrote: Horton plains leopard with its sambar bull kill Sambar Deer tend to make up a high portion of Leopard diet in Horton Plains National Park (Sri Lanka) and adjacent areas due to their abundance in these regions. 'In Agrapatana, Sambar was most frequently represented in scat samples (59.1%), consistent with probable prey availability, given that the study area is contiguous with Horton Plains National Park (HPNP) where sambar density is estimated to be 66.5/km² (Rajapakse 2003). ' 'Previous scat analysis from HPNP found sambar in 75.8% of samples (N=22) (Ranawana et al. 1998). That fewer samples contained Sambar here than in HPNP, and more contained Black-naped Hare and Purple-faced Langurs (Table 3; 13.6% compared to 6.8% and 3.4% in HPNP, Ranawana et al. 1998) hints at variation in prey availability between the core of a protected area such as HPNP and an adjoining yet peripheral area such as Agrapatana.' source: Kittle, Andrew M., et al. "Notes on the diet and habitat selection of the Sri Lankan Leopard Panthera pardus kotiya (Mammalia: Felidae) in the central highlands of Sri Lanka." Journal of Threatened Taxa 6.9 (2014): 6214-6221. "Sambar are abundant in HPNP, congregating in large herds in the open grasslands." "Sambar appear to compose the largest proportion of leopard diet here with >75% of scat containing sambar remains (n > 30; Ranawana et al. 1998, Rajapakse 2003)." source: Kittle, A. M., & Watson, A. C. (2018). "Density of leopards (Panthera pardus kotiya) in Horton Plains National Park in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka." Mammalia, 82(2), 183-187. 
Nice video about the history and mysteries surrounding Sri Lankan leopards.
HPM08, a frequently seen subadult male from Horton plains NP.
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