Leopard

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Leopard
The Art of Death!
By QE
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SCIENTIFIC NAME

• Felidae
• Real name is leopard
• Also it is mammal

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PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Black dots
• Tan orange skin
• 200 pounds or more or maybe less
• About 4 feet tall
• Good eye sight
• Big ears to hear with
• Huge eyes to see and at night
• because they are nocturnal
• Long tail
• Long legs
• whiskers

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Life span

• Leopards live 28 years in wild
• 15 in captivity
• Most leopards live 20 to 25 tops
• If lucky in captivity they can live 20 years
• If lucky in the wild they an live 30 years

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Are They Endangered ?

• The leopard is endangered
• There are very few left
• It is endangered from hunters
• Even lions can kill leopards

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Habitat

• The Leopard lives in hot places like Africa
• The Leopard lives in grassy planes of Africa
• The leopard is a very unique animal it can
  survive many harsh climates
• The leopard lives in trees and grassy areas

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LANDFORMS and what it looks like

• Woodland areas
• Grassy
• Rainforests or Woodland like I sad
• Trees every where

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WEATHER AND CLIMATE

• Weather
• Rainy
• Hot
• Some times dry. The weather changes through
  season
• Climate
• 97 degrees tops
• 67 degrees when raining
• At morning it is 77 then it goes to about 87
• It can reach into the 90s during the afternoon.

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Food AND WHAT THEY EAT

• They are carnivores
• They eat
• Red leachi
• Sasabe
• Buffalo
• Wart hogs
• Giraffe
• Wildebeest
• Evan birds
• Kudu
• Zebra

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REPRODUTION

• They are highly protected
• So that means there ok
• It is illegal to kill to kill leopards
• They have babies close to spring

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WHAT HARMS THEM

• Hunters try to kill them for their coat
• Even adult lions can kill them
• Harsh weather can kill
• Even mistakes like falling out of a tree
• can kill them

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Physical adaptation

• Big eyes to see in the dark because they are
  nocturnal
• Spots to camouflage themselves
• Long legs to help them run fast
• Tails dont do much
• Big ears to help them hear predators and prey
• They also have big pads with thick fur on feet
  which helps them travel on the rocky surfaces

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Behavioral adaptation

• Slick so that no one sees them
• Lazy so that they rest and wait for prey
• Nocturnal because that is when they can get their
  prey
• Fierce because they never give up and dont let
  go of their food
• Protect young so that they dont become extinct

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Physiological Adaptations

1. Great sense of smell so they know where their
   prey is
2. The leopards have very strong leg muscles that
   help them to jump long distances. and Snow
   leopards use this to stop sinking into the snow.
3. They have a double layered coat to keep them
   warm.

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FUN FACTS

• The Black Panther is a relative of the Leopard
• They can out run a hyena
• One of the only mammals that can clime trees
• Not very many in captivity
• Most live in Africa but surprisingly they dont
  live In a lot of other places