50,000

estimated number in the wild

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT

Leopards come in a wide variety of coat colors, from a light buff or tawny in warmer, dryer areas to a dark shade in deep forests. The spots, or rosettes, are circular in East African leopards but square in southern African leopards.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

AFRICAN LEOPARD
NEAR THREATENED
The IUCN classified leopards as Near Threatened, stating that they may soon qualify for the Vulnerable status due to habitat loss and fragmentation.

BEHAVIOR SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus: Species: Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Panthera P. pardus
A litter includes two or three cubs. The female keeps them hidden for about the first 8 weeks. Leopard is solitary.

Leopards growl and spit with a screaming roar of fury when angry.

PREDATOR

SIZE RELATIVE TO A MAN (6ft2 m)

FAST FACT
Diet: Carnivore Head and body, 4.25 to 6.25 ft (1.3 to 1.9 m); tail, 3.5 to 4.5 ft (1.1 to 1.4 m) 66 to 176 lbs (30 to 80 kg)

PREY SPECIES

Size:

Subspecies: P. p. pardus

TRINOMIAL NAME
Panthera pardus pardus
Linnaeus, 1758

Weight:

VALERIA RUIZ KAROLA MLAGA GRADE 6C