Chinese name: Leopard

Chinese aliases: leopard, silver leopard, leopard, Wen leopard

Latin scientific name: Panthera pardus

English Name: Snow leopard, Onuca.

Classification:

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora ( Carnivora)

Family: Felidae, subfamily Panthera

Genus: Panthera

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The body shape is similar to that of tiger, but smaller. It is a large and medium-sized carnivorous beast. Weighing about 50 kilograms, the body length is more than 1 meter, and the tail length exceeds half of the body length. The head is round, the ears are short, the limbs are strong and powerful, and the claws are sharp and stretchable. The leopard's body is brightly colored, and its coat is brown and yellow, with black spots and rings all over the body, forming ancient money-like markings, so it is called "Golden Leopard". Its back is darker and its belly is milky white. There is also a melanistic individual, which is dark brown all over the body and can still see circular spots on a closer look. It is often called a black leopard.

Edit this paragraph Distribution range

Mainly distributed in Asia, Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. There are 3 subspecies in China: South China leopard (P.pardus fusea), North China leopard (P.p.fontanieri) and Northeastern leopard (P.p.orientalis).

Leopards in my country were once commonly seen in all provinces except Taiwan. The South China subspecies is found in Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Qinghai, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, southern Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui and other provinces and regions; the North China subspecies is found in Hebei, Shanxi, and northern Shaanxi; the Northeast subspecies It has been found in the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains of Heilongjiang Province and the eastern mountainous areas of Jilin, extending eastward to the coastal areas of Russia and northern North Korea.

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Leopards live in a variety of habitats, ranging from low mountains and hills to alpine forests and shrubs, with fixed nests that are highly concealed.

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Leopards have extremely strong physical fitness, extremely sensitive vision and smell, and are alert in temperament. They can swim and climb trees. They have a wide range of food habits and are bold and ferocious. carnivorous. It is good at jumping and climbing, and lives a solitary and nocturnal life. They often wander back and forth in the forest, hunting apes, hares, wild deer and birds, and sometimes domestic animals. It is ferocious in nature and can even fight with tigers, but it generally does not hurt people.

Leopard's prey mainly includes deer, antelope and wild boar, but it also hunts civets, monkeys, birds, rodents, etc., and even carrion, depending on the origin of the prey. Leopards have also been recorded preying on chimpanzees. When prey is scarce, it will also hunt domestic animals, resulting in conflicts between humans and leopards. Like other cats, leopards will sneak up on their prey under the cover of dense forests and pounce, attacking the prey's neck or snout to suffocate it. African species often drag their prey up trees to eat it slowly, lest predators such as lions or hyenas come to snatch it. In the food chain, leopards are in the position of secondary predators, which also means that leopards are prey of tigers and lions at the same time. .

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During breeding, competition for females is fierce. In late winter and early spring, estrus and mating occur in March to April. The gestation period is about three months, and litters are born in June to July. , there are 2 to 3 cubs in each litter, and the newborn cubs weigh about 500 grams. The cubs leave the mother in the autumn of that year and live independently. Sexual maturity occurs in about three years.

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Leopards produced in Yunnan are known for their fine short velvet, clear and shiny spots, and are top-notch fur economic animals. It used to be found all over the province, but in recent years the number has dropped sharply and is on the verge of extinction.

The South China leopard population is still quite large in the Jiangnan provinces. Due to man-made over-hunting, the leopard population has declined sharply. The North China leopard population is mainly located in Shanxi, with an estimated number of more than 100.

The leopards in Gansu have become extinct, and the leopards in Henan and Hebei are no longer reported; the Northeast leopard has been missing in the entire Heilongjiang Province for more than half a century. In recent years, leopards in Jilin Province have been basically extinct. Based on analysis and estimates of fur acquisitions, the number of wild leopards in the country may still be in the hundreds by the end of the 1980s. Estimated population worldwide: 200,000.

Threatening factors: Long-term overhunting is the main reason; habitat destruction is another important reason for the sharp decline in leopard numbers; the population is too small and isolated from each other, leading to population degradation, which is also a cause of danger one.

Subspecies:

Zanzibar subspecies - P. p. adersi (critically endangered, possibly extinct)

South China subspecies - P. p . fusca (low risk)

Indochinese subspecies - P. p. delacouri (vulnerable)

North China subspecies - P. p. japonensis (vulnerable)

Sinai subspecies - P. p. jarvisi (critically endangered, possibly extinct)

Sri Lankan subspecies - P. p. kotiya (endangered)

Javanese subspecies - P. p. melas (Endangered)

Arabian Peninsula subspecies - P. p. nimr (Critically Endangered)

Northeast Asian species - P. p. orientalis (Critically Endangered)

North African subspecies - P. p. panthera (critically endangered, possibly extinct)

Nominated subspecies - P. p. pardus (low risk)

Persian subspecies - P. p. saxicolor (Endangered)

European subspecies - P. p. sickenbergi (Extinct)

Asia Minor subspecies - P. p. tulliana (Critically Endangered) , possibly extinct)

Edit this paragraph protection level

Protection level: National first-level protected animal.

Red Book Endangerment Level: Endangered (E)

IUCN Level: Endangered (EN)

CITES: Appendix I

Edit this paragraph Movie of the same name

Starring: Yu Zhenting

Released: 1906

Type: Opera film

Region: Mainland China

Color: black and white

Plot introduction:

The Golden Leopard occupies Hongmei Mountain and wants to forcefully marry the daughter of squire Deng Hong. Tang Monk and others came here looking for a place to live. After understanding the situation, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie transformed into a maid and Deng Nu respectively to catch the golden leopard. The golden leopard was defeated and Sun Wukong chased him. The golden leopard set up a flying fork formation to surround Sun Wukong. Finally, Wukong asked the heavenly soldiers to surrender. The leopard.