22 Interesting facts and information about leopards

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  • Scientific name for a leopard is Panthera Pardus.
  • Leopards are belongs to cat family.
  • Leopards are always like to live alone.
  • A male leopard is called a leopard and female called as leopardess.
  • Leopards can be 4.5 – 6ft long.
  • The tail of Leopards will be 3.5-4.5 ft long.
  • Leopards are between 2-3 ft tall.
  • Leopards weight between 30-90kg.
  • Leopards are great climbers and great swimmers.
  • They can jump up to 20ft.
  • Leopards like to spend a lot of time in trees.
  • Leopards hunt whatever they can catch. They eat boars, deers, impalas, gazelles, fish, birds and rodents.
  • Leopards mostly stay away from people but have attacked humans and dogs.
  • Leopards are very active at night.
  • Leopards can sit a position for more than 8 hours.

 

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  • Female leopards give birth to usually 1-2 cubs.
  • Cubs born with blind and start to see in 10 days.
  • Cubs live with their mothers for 2-4 years.
  • Mother leopards teach their cubs to swim, climb, hunt and how to protect themselves from predators.
  • Leopards are endangered in the world.
  • It is one of top 100 Speediest animals in the world.
  • Leopards can run at an astounding 58 km/hr (Source)(Source2).

 

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