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The African leopard is sexually dimorphic; males are larger and heavier than females. [14] Between 1996 and 2000, 11 adult leopards were radio-collared on Namibian farmlands. Males weighed 37.5 to 52.3 kg (83 to 115 lb) only, and females 24 to 33.5 kg (53 to 74 lb). [ 15 ]
The African lion, Panthera leo, can grow to eight feet long and weigh up to 600 pounds.Lions are some of the most social of the big cats, living in groups of 2-30 called prides. While females will ...
However, alleged leopard sightings are still being reported, and islanders believe that the Zanzibar leopard is still alive. [16] By the mid-1990s, the Zanzibar leopard population was considered extinct. [17] In 1997 and 2001, rumors circulated about the discovery of leopard scat, but both samples were lost before they could be analyzed. [5]
Only African insular population of leopards. Subjected to a extermination campaign after the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964, the last confirmed sighting happened in 1986. [13] Though named as the subspecies P. p. adersi in 1932, it was included in the African leopard P. p. pardus in 1996 on morphological grounds. [15]
Elephant culling has been done to restrict the population of elephants to 13,000 (less than 1 per km 2); against the recommended population of 35,000 – 40,000 animals (0.6 per km 2) for the country as a whole. Apart from culling the other suggested option to keep the elephant population under check is sterilization.
The population density of the African leopard is estimated at 5.41 individuals per 100 km 2 (14.0 per 100 sq miles) in the dry season. [ 16 ] African bush elephant herds recovered from a population low in the 1980s caused by poaching , and numbered over 5,000 individuals by 2014. [ 17 ]
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The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant cat species in the genus Panthera.It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes.Its body is slender and muscular reaching a length of 92–183 cm (36–72 in) with a 66–102 cm (26–40 in) long tail and a shoulder height of 60–70 cm (24–28 in).