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Leopard A Wild Animal Introduction And Images Collection

Introduction Of Leopard:

Leopard is a wild animal.The most secretive and elusive of the large carnivores.The leopard is the shrewdest. It is the strongest climber of the large cats and capable of killing prey larger than itself.

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

Leopards are solitary creatures and predominately nocturnal. Each individual has a home range that overlaps with its neighbors.The male's range is much larger and generally overlaps with those of several females. Leopards continually move about their territory, seldom staying in an area for more than two or three days at a time. Ranges are marked with urine and claw marks and leopards announce their presence to other leopards with a rasping cough. Leopards also growl, roar and purr.

A litter includes two or three cubs, whose coats appear to be smoky gray as the rosettes are not yet clearly delineated. The female abandons her nomadic wandering until the cubs are large enough to accompany her. She keeps them hidden for about the first 8 weeks and giving them meat when they are 6 or 7 weeks old and suckling them for 3 months or longer.

The most elusive of the large carnivores.The leopard is a cunning and stealthy hunter.Its prey ranges from strong to scented carrion, fish, reptiles and birds to mammals such as rodents, hares, hyraxes, warthogs, antelopes, monkeys and baboons.

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