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According to DOC, Owha is "the longest tracked leopard seal in the world". [1] In order to track her movements, and the movements of other leopard seals, DOC helped modify a phone app used to report Hector's dolphin sightings so that it can accept reports of other marine species.
Both male and female leopards typically reach sexual maturity at 2–2⅓ years. [75] The generation length of the leopard is 9.3 years. [142] The average life span of a leopard is 12–17 years. [103] The oldest leopard was a captive female that died at the age of 24 years, 2 months and 13 days. [143]
A member of this group is called a pinniped or a seal. [ a ] They are widespread throughout the ocean and some larger lakes, primarily in colder waters. Pinnipeds range in size from the 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) and 50 kg (110 lb) Baikal seal to the 6 m (20 ft) and 3,700 kg (8,200 lb) male southern elephant seal , which is also the largest member of ...
The skull of the leopard seal. The leopard seal has a distinctively long and muscular body shape when compared to other seals. The overall length of adults is 2.4–3.5 m (7.9–11.5 ft) and their weight is in the range 200 to 600 kilograms (440 to 1,320 lb), making them the same length as the northern walrus but usually less than half the weight.
A jagupard, jagulep or jagleop is the hybrid of a male jaguar and a female leopard. A single rosetted female jagupard was produced at a zoo in Chicago, United States. Jaguar-leopard hybrids bred at Hellbrun Zoo, Salzburg were described as jagupards, which conforms to the usual portmanteau naming convention. [3] A leguar or lepjag is the hybrid ...
Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger.
In 1996, three leopards were fitted with radio collars in the south–central part of Kaeng Krachan National Park, a hilly terrain with seasonal evergreen forest. The study revealed home ranges of two male leopards of 14.6–18.0 km 2 (5.6–6.9 sq mi), and of a female of 8.8 km 2 (3.4 sq mi). They all preferred habitat where prey species ...
Leopards inhabiting the mountains of the Cape Provinces appear smaller and less heavy than leopards further north. [18] Leopards in Somalia and Ethiopia are also said to be smaller. [19] The skull of a West African leopard specimen measured 11.25 in (286 mm) in basal length, and 7.125 in (181.0 mm) in breadth, and weighed 1 lb 12 oz (0.79 kg).