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    • Anthropomorphism
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    • B >
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      • Bison + Buffaloes
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      • Jays
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      • Meerkats
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      • Okapi
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      • Raccoons
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      • Voles
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      • Yaks
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LEOPARDS
Mammal       -      Vertebrate     -     Carnivore


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Male  ..............................................  Leopard
Female   .........................................  Leopardess
Young   ...........................................  Cub
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Leopards ...

  • Can run up to 37 miles per hour 
  • Are nocturnal and very elusive
  • Can purr
  • Are strong swimmers
  • 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'

There are 12 different types of leopard

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
  1. A leap of leopards
  2. A lepe of leopards


Because they are such solitary animals, there is no collective noun for a group of snow leopards

IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS
  1. A leopard cannot change its spots

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SNOW LEOPARD

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​All the wonderful photographs on this site were collected via www.google.co.uk under the relevant animal category.  

Please click on each photographs to be linked to the original source. 
Polly Healy
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  • Introduction
    • English Grammar + Animals
    • Acknowledgements
  • Animals Facts
    • Categories
    • Feeding Categories
    • Phobia Categories
    • Animal + Insect Eating Plants
    • Animal and Bird Tail Functions
    • National Emblems
    • Meanings
    • Sounds
    • Symbolism >
      • American Groundhog Day
      • The Chinese Calendar
      • Native American
      • Celtic Mythology
    • Camouflage
    • Friendships to make you smile ...
    • On the brink of extinction
    • Extinct
    • Amazing + Bizarre
    • The Most Dangerous Species
    • Newly Discovered Species
    • Anthropomorphism
  • Animals: A-Z
    • A >
      • Aardvarks
      • Albatrosses
      • Alligators
      • Antelope
      • Ants
      • Apes and Monkeys
      • Armadillos
      • Auks
      • Avocets
    • B >
      • Badgers
      • Barracudas
      • Bats
      • Bears
      • Beavers
      • Bees
      • Beetles, Bugs + Insects
      • Birds, Eggs and Nests
      • Bison + Buffaloes
      • Butterflies
      • Bush Babies
    • C >
      • Camels
      • Cats
      • Cheetahs
      • Chickens
      • Chimpanzees
      • Chinchilla
      • Cows and Bulls
      • Coyotes
      • Crocodiles
      • Crustaceans
    • D >
      • Deer
      • Dinosaurs
      • Dogs
      • Dolphins + Porpoises
      • Donkeys + Mules
      • Ducks
      • Dugong
    • E >
      • Eagles
      • Echidnas
      • Eels
      • Elephants
      • Emus
    • F >
      • Ferrets
      • Fish
      • Flies
      • Foxes
      • Frogs
    • G >
      • Geese
      • Gerbils and Hamsters
      • Giraffes
      • Goats
    • H >
      • Hares and Rabbits
      • Hawks
      • Hedgehogs
      • Hippopotamuses
      • Horses and Ponies
      • Hyenas
    • J >
      • Jays
      • Jellyfish
    • K >
      • Kangaroos
      • Koalas
      • Komodo Dragons
    • L >
      • Lemurs
      • Leopards
      • Lions
      • Lizards
      • Llamas
    • M >
      • Magpies
      • Manatees
      • Martens
      • Meerkats
      • Mice
      • Moles
      • Molluscs
      • Mongoose
      • Mosquitoes
    • O >
      • Okapi
      • Ostriches
      • Otters
      • Owls
      • Oxen
    • P >
      • Peacocks
      • Pigeons and Doves
      • Pigs, Boars and Warthogs
      • Polecats
      • Porcupines
      • Prairie Dogs
    • R >
      • Raccoons
      • Rats
      • Rhinoceros
    • S >
      • Salamanders
      • Scorpions
      • Sea Stars / Star Fish
      • Sea Lions
      • Seahorses
      • Seals
      • Sharks
      • Sheep
      • Shrews
      • Skunks
      • Snakes
      • Spiders
      • Springbok
      • Squirrels
      • Starlings
      • Stingrays
      • Stoats
      • Swallows
      • Swans
      • Swifts
    • T >
      • Tapirs
      • Termites
      • Thrushes
      • Ticks
      • Tigers
      • Toads
      • Tortoises and Turtles
      • Trout
      • Turkeys
      • Turtle Doves
    • V >
      • Voles
      • Vultures
    • W >
      • Wallabies
      • Walruses
      • Water Buffaloes
      • Wasps
      • Weasles
      • Whales
      • Wolverine
      • Wolves
      • Wombats
      • Woodcocks
      • Woodpeckers
      • Worms
      • Wrens
    • Y >
      • Yaks
    • Z >
      • Zebras
  • About Birds
    • Beaks ...
    • Eggs ...
    • Feathers ...
    • Tails
    • Wings ...
  • Lists
    • List of Collective Nouns - A-Z >
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      • B
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      • D
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      • F
      • G
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