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Leopards and Panthers
Leopards (also sometimes referred to as 'panthers' along with jaguars and mountain lions) can currently be found in sub-Saharan Africa, Indochina, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and parts of the Indian subcontinent, with largest population being found in sub-Saharan Africa. These solitary felines are the smallest members of the big cat family.
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How do leopards take care for there young?
Leopards care for their young by keeping them hidden from predators. When they are old enough to eat meat, the mother brings meat back for them. She nurses them for several months to give them the nutrients that they need.
What the freak is a leopards mating habit?
Panther is a generic term and may be any of the following species:
a lion - panthera leo
a tiger - panthera tigris
a leopard - panthera pardus
a jaguar - panthera onca
a snow leopard - panthera uncia.
To which species of panther were you referring?
Leopards are mammals. They Breathe air with lungs, through mouth and nostrils. Pretty much like you and I. They can't Breathe under water any more than we can.
How are black panther babies born?
The term "black panther" may be applied to black-colored leopards or to black jaguars in the Americas. The young are born live and cared for by their mother.
Like most big cats, panther litters are small : just 2 to 4 kittens, called cubs. The leopard cubs are born after a gestation period of 90 to 105 days.
Black jaguars have dark brown skin that does not contrast much with their black spots. Jaguar cubs have about the same gestation period before birth: 93 to 105 days. A female jaguar will not allow a male jaguar anywhere near her cubs.
How do Florida Panthers protect themselves?
The Florida Panther doesn't like to be around humans so they are most likely not to bother you if they see you if u ever see one don't run or they will get scared and attack you
Florida Panthers are usually in a large tract of land, that has many trees and is near a swampy area.
How long is the panther's gestation period?
Black panther is a colloquial term for melanistic (dark) individuals of other species, such as the jaguar and the leopard. The gestation period for the panther is approximately 91 days.
What potential damage would come to the environment if the Florida panther became extinct?
There are very few Florida panthers left, so their impact on their environment is small. If they become extinct, there will be almost no notice and little effect on the environment.
The effect on our collective psyche will be more noticeable. It will be sad day if Florida panthers become extinct.
Is a leopard the most aggressive cat?
A cat's coat colour or pattern has nothing to do with its personality. Cats can be aggressive for many reasons, to as simple as not being neutered, to being mistreated somehow or even a mental condition. A cat being a certain colour (or a mix of colours) does not depict its personality.
What are some traits of a panther?
The "black panther", which is merely a dark specimen of the leopard or jaguar is a predator, and feeds on other animals. A stalker, it uses camoflage and cover for concealment as it slips up close to its prey, for the final leap. Leopards often place kills in trees, to keep them from tigers, lions, and hyenas.
Are humans doing anything to endanger Florida panthers?
By simply driving cars, yes. Although the introduction of Texas cougars has halted the inbreeding problems, and the fact the population has risen from 25 to nearly ninety now, road killed pumas are the number one cause of mortality for this subspecies of the mountain lion.
Panther is a generic term and does not apply to a single species. It may
refer to
a lion - panthera leo
a tiger - panthera tigris
a leopard - panthera pardus
a jaguar - panthera onca
a snow leopard - panthera uncia
To which species were you referring? Some are climbers, others not so much.
Does the Florida panther have a backbone?
No, the Florida panther's skeleton is inside of its body. It has an endoskeleton. It's mostly species of bugs that have exoskeletons.
They fill tubs almost to the top with something and then put food on top so it looks like there is more food than the reality
Are leopards in danger of extinction?
Yes, they are endangered. Their number have been declining because of poaching and forest destruction.
Only the subspecies Amur leopard, and Arabian leopard. Most subspecies of Panthera Pardus (leopard) are not endangered.
Yes. Mainly because of hunting for their fur or they are killed as they are known to kill farmers livestock. Although some is caused by habitat loss.
Not all subspecies of the leopard (Panthera Pardus) are endangered. The Amur leopard is down to between 35-45 individuals, and the Arabian leopard is under two hundred now. But the other subspecies are still fairly common, especially the African leopard, and the Indian leopard.
yes ,leopards are endangered
yes
What color is leopards whiskers?
A tabby cat is a cat with a distinctive coat that features stripes, dots, or swirling patterns.
The tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be the original coloration of the domestic cat's distant ancestors.
The "Tabby" term means dark markings (stripes, swirls, spots) on a paler background. The stripe colour is solid (goes right to the hair root), but the background colour is banded with colour on each individual hair.
Here are just some of the many colours:
- Blue Tabby - Cream/ivory-blue base, slate blue markings.
- Brown Tabby - Coppery-brown base, black markings.
- Cameo Tabby - Cream base, pale red markings.
- Chocolate Tabby - Ivory/white base, medium-dark brown markings.
- Cream Tabby - Pale cream base, fawn/buff markings.
- Lavender (Lilac) Tabby - Milky cream base, frosty grey markings.
- Red Tabby - Pale red (ginger) base, deep red (ginger) markings.
- Silver Tabby - Silver base, black markings. Silver Tabbies with coloured markings on a silvery background are called Blue Silver, Red Silver (aka Cameo Tabby) etc.
The mackerel tabby pattern has vertical, gently curving stripes on the side of the body. The stripes are narrow, and may be continuous or broken into bars and spots on the flanks and stomach. Often, an 'M' shape appears on the forehead. Mackerels also feature a 'peppered' nose, where black spots appear along the pink tip of the nose. Mackerels are also called 'fishbone tabbies'. Mackerel is the most common tabby pattern.
Classic (or 'blotched') tabbies have a similar 'M' pattern on the head, but the body markings are different, having a whirled and swirled pattern with wider stripes that make what are referred to as "butterfly" patterns on their shoulders, and usually a bullseye or oyster pattern on the flank. The legs and tail are more heavily barred and the pattern is variable with respect to the width of the bands.
The Ticked tabby pattern produces hairs with distinct bands of color on them, breaking up the tabby patterning into an salt-and-pepper appearance. Residual ghost striping or "barring" can often be seen on the lower legs, face and belly and sometimes at the tail tip.
Do black panthers have backbones?
If you mean black people, then yes they are normal people like you and me
Does the male black panther or the female black panther hunt?
There is no species called a black panther. The term is used to describe either a melanistic (black) leopard or a melanistic jaguar. They are two distinct species from different areas of the world. Both males and females hunt as they do not live in groups as do African lions.
Is a leopard more violent than a cheetah?
No
The name Panther can be applied to several species of big cats, but usually a panther is simply a leopard with a black coat - so it would be about the individual, not color of the coat.
Tigers will kill and eat any large cat that dares enter their territory.
Do leopards have a good sense of smell?
Snow leopards have all the same senses as humans, which are sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. As for their eyesight, it is their primary sense, and although they have poor color vision, leopards and all other cats have excellent night vision compared to most animals (including humans). Cats' hearing is also far more powerful than human hearing, as is their sense of smell (but some animals, such as dogs and bears, have a far better sense of smell than cats do). The only thing exceptional about cats' sense of touch are their amazingly sensitive whiskers. I don't know anything about a cat's sense of taste.
Since black jaguars are not a distinct species from the jaguar ( Panthera Onca), but a color phase, it cannot be classified as endangered on its own. Currently, the jaguar is not endangered, but listed as vulnerable.
What is the panther scared of?
* lions * tigers * Hyenas (in the pack) * wolves (in the pack) * wild dogs (in the pack) * Giant snakes have been known to eat a young leopard.
