City - Bloemfontein State - FREESTATE Country - South Africa
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The leopard is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four roaring cats in the genus Panthera, the other three are the tiger, lion and jaguar. Once distributed across southern Asia and Africa, from Korea to South Africa, the leopard's range of distribution has decreased radically over time because of a variety of factors, including human influence, and the leopard now chiefly occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. There are fragmented populations in India, Indochina, Malaysia, and China. Despite the loss of range and continual declines in population, the cat remains a "Least Concern" species; its numbers are greater than that of the other Panthera species, all of which face more acute conservation concerns.
The leopard has relatively short legs and a long body, with a large skull. Physically, it most closely resembles the jaguar, although it is usually smaller and of slighter build. Its fur is marked with rosettes which lack internal spots, unlike those of the jaguar. Leopards that are melanistic, either completely black or very dark in coloration, are one of the big cats known colloquially as black panthers.
Closer please? You could not be closer? ahhhhh.... hahahaha.... just kidding, now THAT I can brave shot, no way, the super zoom of 550uz was not enough to gives you a save distance for that shot... oh my... I can almost see the microscopic bugs on its hairy texture!!! SUPERB! be well Jen!
Africa is well known for its wild life Udayan, so sometimes..only sometimes I am able to see them, lions are more common then leopards, I created a lot of patience in some ways to get these shots:) Thanks for your interest! Jen
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