LEOPARDS
Mammal       -      Vertebrate     -     Carnivore
Male:  Leopard
Female:  Leopardess
Young:  Cub
LEOPARDS
​There are 12 different types of leopards.
  • Can run up to 37 miles per hour. 
  • Are nocturnal and very elusive.
  • Can purr.
  • Are strong swimmers.
  • A Leopards hearing is five times better than a human's hearing.
  • Eats gazelles, elands, hares, rodents, dogs, monkeys, bush pigs, sheep, goats, fish, crabs, insects and snakes.
  • Are very agile climbers.
  • Will haul a carcass up a tree or rocky outcrop to protect their food supply from other predators.
  • Main predator is human beings.
  • Snow Leopards used to be called 'ounces'. ​
‘Extinct’ Leopards Last Seen In 1983 Spotted Alive In Taiwanby Carolyn Mullet
​Formosan clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura), a rare species of large cat in Taiwan, thought to be extinct because it hadn’t been officially sighted since 1983. Taiwanese and U.S. zoologists also surveyed the region during the period from 2001 to 2013, but they failed to find even one leopard. So, this species was declared extinct in 2013.
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SNOW LEOPARD