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INDIAN LEOPARD

INDIAN LEOPARD. BY:Demetria Rouse. Kingdom- animalia phylum- chordata (veretebrat) Class- Mammalia Order- carnivora Family- felidae genus- pantherinae panthera Species- pardus. PHYSCIAL DESCRIPTION.

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INDIAN LEOPARD

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  1. INDIAN LEOPARD BY:Demetria Rouse

  2. Kingdom-animaliaphylum-chordata (veretebrat)Class-MammaliaOrder-carnivoraFamily-felidaegenus-pantherinae pantheraSpecies-pardus

  3. PHYSCIAL DESCRIPTION • Leopards are well known for their cream and gold spotted fur, but some leopards have black fur with dark spots. These black leopards are often mistaken for panthers. • A leopard’s tail is just about as long as its entire body. This helps it with balance and enables it to make sharp turns quickly. • Their head is larger than their body. Male weigh around 91 kg and the females weigh around 60 kg

  4. A LEOPARD’S BODY IS BUILT FOR HUNTING. THEY HAVE SLEEK, POWERFUL BODIES AND CAN RUN AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 57 KILOMETERS PER HOUR. THEY ARE ALSO EXCELLENT SWIMMERS AND CLIMBERS AND CAN LEAP AND JUMP LONG DISTANCES 3TRAITS

  5. Habitat Indian Leopards prefer dry deciduous forests, desert ecosystems, tropical rainforests and northern coniferous forests.

  6. PREDATORS Humans are the predators of the Indian Leopards. They hunt and kill them for the skin .The skin is used to make clothes out of .

  7. Indian Leopards are carnivorous. They feed on monkeys, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, wild pigs, wild boars and many more. What they eat?

  8. CHANGED OVER TIME Leopards feed on a variety of small and medium-sized prey, usually hunting at night by ambush. Leopards use trees as resting places and frequently drag their catch up there for feeding. The number of leopards is declining worldwide due to hunting and habitat destruction resulting from human population pressure. EXAMPLE: Humans hunt them for fur . The Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is a leopard subspecies widely ...Hunting for the illegal wildlife trade has the greatest potential to do maximum Apart from poaching, Indian leopards are threatened by loss of habitat and ... of leopards, condemned sport hunting and recognized their key role in theecosystem.

  9. History!!!! • One of four cats found in India. • Expected Lifespan In Wild: 7 to 9 years . • Expected Lifespan In Captivity: 21 to 23 years. • Indian leopard is one of 8-9 species of the leopards in the world. • Leopards have a good sense of smell and they mark their territory with urine. They also leave claw marks on trees

  10. >Works Cited< http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/leopard.html http://www.ecoindia.com/animals/mammals/indian-leopard.html http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/leopard.html http://www.indiafootprints.com/wild-animals/leopard.htm

  11. PICTURES WORKS CITED • http://www.fantasticindia.org/images/indian-leopard.jpg • http://www.wti.org.in/pictures/leopard-cwrc.jpg • http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00938/01tvpt-leopard_938297f.jpg • http://blog.londolozi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Maxabeni-with-hyena.jpg • http://cederbergcaracalproject.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/capture-d_c3a9cran-2012-03-18-c3a0-07-51-251.png?w=930 • http://www.what-is-this.com/images/blogs/8-2007/human-encroachment-poaching-killing.jpg

  12. CLUBS A litter can include two to three cubs. The cubs are born with a gray coat with very light spots. The female cares for her cubs and stays with them until they are old and strong enough to go with her. The mother cat keeps her cubs hidden for about 8 weeks. Cubs live with their mothers for about two years

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