Rainforest Leopards

This documentary takes a look at leopards living in rainforests around the world - including the African Leopard, Indochinese Leopard, Indian Leopard and Sri Lankan Leopard.

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[aromals]

Nice video.. Very informative. Thanks for the upload

[saroruhagoswami]

Well, In Africa 🌍 there many places specially Rainforest there are home of African Lions 🦁's . For example:- Congo Lion🦁's, Gabon Lion 🦁's, Cameroon, & Ethiopia 🇪🇹 .

[manrajchaudhary]

You should make a video on the leopards of the Himalayas

[anuparyal]

In fact, the leopards found in the Himalayan foothills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand of India, and Hills of Nepal are the most badass leopards of all. These leopards directly see humans as a food source and majority of the human fatalities by leopards are recorded from this area.

Some examples are: The man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand.

So leopards from the northern subcontinent shouldn't be messed with.

[eliletts]

A melanistic Amur leopard cub was born in captivity a few years ago though.

[panatypical]

I'm confused by a lot of the talk here in the comments. What are the features or characteristics that constitute a species?

[seansamuellee]

The Consett Leopard sub species, the smallest, but highly aggressive Big cat.

Normally the hunt at night, allways on Fridays and Saturdays, and sleep for 5 days.

The First Consett sighting happend last week on the BBC.

Definitely true, Attenborough is working on it know, the BBC is well trusted

[albertuy]

and people think a gorilla will win against a grizzly bear

[jamescarter]

Leopards existed on different continents. They probably could adapted in Australia.

[indyreno]

Actually, african bush buffalo and african forest buffalo are separate species, hence the reason why the scientific name of the african forest buffalo is now Syncerus nanus

Buffalo (subtribe Bubalina) are constituted by six extant species under three genera, the anoas (genus Anoa) are the most basal of the three extant genera of buffalo and are constituted by two extant species: the Mountain Anoa (Anoa quarlesi) and the Lowland Anoa (Anoa depressicornis), the Bubalus genus that now contains both the Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis) and Asiatic Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is more closely related to the african genus Syncerus that contains the African Bush Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus nanus) than they are to the anoas (genus Anoa)

[Shadow_Ninja_ne]

Do 1 on Cheetah and there return to India

[bobbuilder]

Big cat population should be increased

[sujugasim]

African leopard in general weigh less than Indian leopard.

[renna]

I really dont see all the fuss with the sri lankan leopards as of late.. As far as I know, male African Leopards come pretty close to 200 pounds on average. That number is not uncommon for mature males to reach. I think the other predator argument is also kinda bullshi* as leopards drag their prey high up, into fucking trees. Hyenas and Lions dont climb trees. Lions can but not as well as they're just a great deal heavier and not as nimble as leopards are. Just not as adapted to climb trees. So what maybe they get 20-25 pounds heavier or so than the ones in Africa? BIG WHOOP. literally nothing to get excited about here. I also know that male COUGARS can ALSO get to be over 200lbs.. Generally speaking, leopards are the bigger cat though. Their builds are both similar. The leopard can still technically roar however. Cougars cannot. Although its shortened and not like hearing a lion or a toger roar. But in either case, 200lbs for either male cat is not so uncommon.

[indyreno]

Misinformation, there are now only four valid leopard subspecies: the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea)

The leopard originated exclusively from Africa and the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the most basal of the four leopard subspecies, then followed by the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), leaving the most recent split to be between the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea)

Because there used to be thirty-two leopard subspecies until very recently where there are now only four valid leopard subspecies, the barbary leopard, senegal leopard, ivory leopard, sudan leopard, erythrean leopard, somali leopard, masai leopard, zanzibar leopard, ugandan leopard, congo leopard, mozambique leopard, and cape leopard are all now treated as populations of the african leopard rather than distinct subspecies, thus making Panthera pardus barbarica, Panthera pardus ivorensis, Panthera pardus minor, Panthera pardus antinorii, Panthera pardus nanopardus, Panthera pardus suahelica, Panthera pardus adersi, Panthera pardus chui, Panthera pardus iturensis, Panthera pardus shortridgei, and Panthera pardus melanotica all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus pardus, the middle eastern leopard, caucasian leopard, persian leopard, indian leopard, sri lanka leopard, indochinese leopard, and javan leopard are all now treated as populations of the south asian leopard rather than distinct subspecies, thus making Panthera pardus nimr, Panthera pardus tulliana, Panthera pardus saxicolor, Panthera pardus kotiya, Panthera pardus delacouri, and Panthera pardus melas all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus fusca, the nepalese leopard, south china leopard, north china leopard, and amur leopard are all considered the last four remaining populations of the north asian leopard following the extinctions of other subspecies such as the mongolian leopard, manchurian leopard, korean leopard, and sakhalin leopard, thus making Panthera pardus nipalensis, Panthera pardus yunnana, Panthera pardus japonensis, Panthera pardus mongoliensis, Panthera pardus mandshurica, Panthera pardus coreana, and Panthera pardus sachalinensis all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus orientalis, and the cave leopard, antique leopard, vraonan leopard, sickenberg's leopard, and begouen's leopard are all now treated as populations of the european leopard, thus making Panthera pardus antiqua, Panthera pardus vraonensis, Panthera pardus sickenbergi, and Panthera pardus begoueni all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus spelaea

Here's the leopard subspecies count (both historical and present-day-distributed:

Traditional Leopard Subspecies Count:
1) †Panthera pardus barbarica (Barbary Leopard) - originally Felis pardus panthera
2) Panthera pardus pardus (Senegal Leopard)
3) Panthera pardus ivorensis (Ivory Leopard) - originally Felis pardus leopardus
4) Panthera pardus minor (Sudan Leopard)
5) Panthera pardus antinorii (Erythrean Leopard)
6) Panthera pardus nanopardus (Somali Leopard)
7) Panthera pardus suahelica (Masai Leopard)
8) Panthera pardus adersi (Zanzibar Leopard)
9) Panthera pardus chui (Ugandan Leopard)
10) Panthera pardus iturensis (Congo Leopard)
11) Panthera pardus shortridgei (Mozambique Leopard)
12) Panthera pardus melanotica (Cape Leopard)
13) Panthera pardus nimr (Middle Eastern Leopard)
14) Panthera pardus tulliana (Caucasian Leopard)
15) Panthera pardus saxicolor (Persian Leopard)
16) Panthera pardus fusca (Indian Leopard)
17) Panthera pardus kotiya (Sri Lanka Leopard)
18) Panthera pardus delacouri (Indochinese Leopard)
19) Panthera pardus melas (Javan Leopard)
20) Panthera pardus nipalensis (Nepalese Leopard)
21) †Panthera pardus mongoliensis (Mongolian Leopard)
22) Panthera pardus yunnana (South China Leopard)
23) Panthera pardus japonensis (North China Leopard)
24) †Panthera pardus mandshurica (Manchurian Leopard)
25) †Panthera pardus coreana (Korean Leopard)
26) Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur Leopard)
27) †Panthera pardus sachalinensis (Sakhalin Leopard)
28) †Panthera pardus spelaea (Cave Leopard)
29) †Panthera pardus antiqua (Antique Leopard)
30) †Panthera pardus vraonensis (Vraonan Leopard)
31) †Panthera pardus sickenbergi (Sickenberg's Leopard)
32) †Panthera pardus begoueni (Begouen's Leopard)

Current Leopard Subspecies Count:
1) Panthera pardus pardus (African Leopard)
2) Panthera pardus fusca (South Asian Leopard)
3) Panthera pardus orientalis (North Asian Leopard)
4) †Panthera pardus spelaea (European Leopard)