Sometimes black (melanistic) leopards are found (in India). Leopards are yellow or red with black spots. The body is elongated and muscular, and the legs are relatively short. Males weigh up to 75 kg females weigh somewhat less. The maximum body length of the leopard is 160 cm. (Felis pardus), a predatory mammal of the family Felidae. Leopards are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae. The clouded leopard is an endangered species the snow leopard is considered vulnerable. Unlike the leopard, both the snow and clouded leopards do not roar. Forest dwellers, clouded leopards are nocturnal and arboreal in their habits. The tail is exceptionally long and heavy and is thickly furred. Both have coats strikingly marked with black and brown there are stripes on the face and tail, spots on the limbs, and rosettes on the body. The coat is more tawny and lighter in the clouded leopard, more gray and darker in the Sunda clouded leopard. More distantly related are the clouded leopards, Neofelis nebulosa of SE Asia and Neofelis diardi (Sunda clouded leopard) of Borneo and Sumatra they were considered a single species until the early 21st cent. In summer, when the mountain animals on which it preys range to high pastures, the snow leopard may climb to an altitude of 13,000 ft (3,900 m). It has long whitish fur and diffuse spotting. uncia, which replaces ordinary leopards in the high mountains of Central Asia. They are listed as threatened or endangered throughout their range, owing primarily to loss of their natural habitat and to illegal killing for Asian folk medicine.Ī related species is the snow leopard, or ounce, Uncia uncia or P. Leopards are found in much of Africa south of the Sahara and in parts of Asia from Israel to Korea and Indonesia. They prey mostly on small animals such as monkeys, rodents, and birds. Leopards are solitary, largely nocturnal, and good climbers they hunt both on the ground and in trees. Leopards are somewhat smaller than lions and tigers the largest males are about 7 ft (2.3 m) long, including the 3-ft (90-cm) tail. Close inspection reveals the typical spotting, which is obscured by the darkness of the background. They are not a distinct species but merely a color variant caused by melanism, or excessive pigmentation.
Black leopards are commonly called panthers, a name sometimes used for all leopards.
The rings, unlike those of the New World jaguar, never have spots inside them. It is commonly yellow, buff, or gray, patterned with black spots and rings. Leopard, large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera pardus, widely distributed in Africa and Asia.
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