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The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa. It is widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa , but the historical range has been fragmented in the course of habitat conversion .
All members of the "Big Five" – lions, African leopards, African bush elephants, African buffaloes, black and white rhinos – are found all year round. The Maasai Mara is the only protected area in Kenya with an indigenous black rhino population unaffected by translocations. [9]
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. [14] African bush elephant herds recovered from a population low in the 1980s caused by poaching, and numbered over 5,000 individuals by 2014. [15]
The western leopard toad ... South Africa. [1] [2] [3] Populations and range ... August 2003. A population Profile of the City of Cape Town.
There are approximately 120 to 230 adult panthers in the population. ... Other European explorers believed they were seeing tigers or panthers (a name used for African leopards). European settlers ...
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.
Animal control workers responded to a call about a “leopard” spotted in Oakley — roughly 6 miles northeast of downtown Cincinnati — early in the morning Jan. 28, Cincinnati Animal CARE ...
Leopard populations in the Arabian Peninsula are small and fragmented. [87] [88] [89] In the Indian subcontinent, the leopard is still relatively abundant, with greater numbers than those of other Panthera species. [2] Some leopard populations in India live quite close to human settlements and even in semi-developed areas. Although adaptable to ...