Leopard
Panthera Pardus
Classifacation
Kingdom Animilia-Multicellular Organism that have the ability to move in one point in their life.
Phylum Coradata-Has a bone or cartilaginous exoskeleton.
Sub-phylum Vertabrates-Has a backbone.
Class Mamimilia-Animals that have hair and highly differentiated teeth
Order Cornivera-Animals that eat meat and have (3/3) incisors for eating meat.
Family Felidae-This Family includes cats, Some characteristic are sharp teeth and weigh 2 kg-300 kg.
Genus Panthera-This is only for Leopards
Species Panthera Pardus
General Discription
Length-1.6 to 2.3 m
Color-body is covered with black rosettes . They have spots that are black on their feet and chest and tail. Cubs have a smoky gray coat.
Natural Range-Leopards Live in Africa Arabia Central Asia Sir Lanka Indian sub-continent southeast Asia into southern China northern China far east Russia Korean peninsula and in north-eastern China
Diet-Leopards eat antelopes, deer, monkeys, warthogs, bush pigs, rodents, porcupines, birds, and invertibraids.
Habitat Description-Its a Tropical Terrestrial Land.They mark their territory by scratching and marking boundary.
Predators-Lions, tigers, spotted hyenas, and African wild dogs attack cubs and can kill adult leopards,But humans are the biggest predators because we attack them for their skins.
Stalking
Strong Legs
Camoflage
Adaptions
Physical Adaptions
Behavioral Adaptions
Rescources
Burton, M., & Burton, R. (2002). Leopard. In International wildlife encyclopedia v.1 (AAR-BAR) (3rd ed., Vol. 11, pp. 1444-1446). New York, NY: Marshall Cavendish.
Hunt, A. 2011.
"Panthera pardus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed March 11, 2015 at http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Panthera_pardus/
Leopard cat. (2014). Retrieved March 19, 2015, from International Society for Endangered Cats (ISEC) Canada website: http://www.wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/asia/leopard-cat/