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Personally, I think out of all nine leopard subspecies, the Amur Leopard - with its thick fur and slightly stocky appearance - maybe the most recognizable leopard subspecies.

Exactly. The cranial (skull) characteristics, coupled with its stocky size, makes this leopard similar to a Jaguar.

Yes, I agree that they need to be weighed to get a definite conclusion about their size. But many who have seen the leopards of Horton Plains (especially HPM 8) claim they are larger than lowland leopards, it’s not a personal observation. Some even claim HPM 8 is the largest leopard they’ve seen in Sri Lanka. Personally, I believe there are cranial size differences compared to lowland leopards too.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. As for Cambodian Leopards, I based it on the research paper linked below, where they analyzed their diet selection. The authors claim it is the only population of leopards in the world whose prey exceeds 500 kg - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.171187

@@AegleCreations that paper based their analysis on scat content found. There was no documentation or evidence of a leopard actually taking down a banteng, let alone a full grown male one.

@@chewsyian Yes, but based on that scat analysis male leopards largely consume Banteng - even if they were smaller females, they would be larger prey compared to their usual medium-sized prey in the region.

@@AegleCreations that would be a correct assessment. Btw I didn't know Gabon leopards are larger than usual, which is interesting since forest populations are usually smaller.

@@chewsyian Yes, there’s no concrete evidence they are larger yet. But I read a researcher claim that the skulls of several Gabon Leopards were fairly large. The pictures of some these Gabon Leopards are very robust too.

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Exactly!

There are now only four valid leopard subspecies: the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea) The leopard originated exclusively from Africa and the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the most basal of the four leopard subspecies, then followed by the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), leaving the most recent split to be between the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea) Because there used to be thirty-two leopard subspecies until very recently where there are now only four valid leopard subspecies, the barbary leopard, senegal leopard, ivory leopard, sudan leopard, erythrean leopard, somali leopard, masai leopard, zanzibar leopard, ugandan leopard, congo leopard, mozambique leopard, and cape leopard are all now treated as populations of the african leopard rather than distinct subspecies, thus making Panthera pardus barbarica, Panthera pardus ivorensis, Panthera pardus minor, Panthera pardus antinorii, Panthera pardus nanopardus, Panthera pardus suahelica, Panthera pardus adersi, Panthera pardus chui, Panthera pardus iturensis, Panthera pardus shortridgei, and Panthera pardus melanotica all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus pardus, the middle eastern leopard, caucasian leopard, persian leopard, indian leopard, sri lanka leopard, indochinese leopard, and javan leopard are all now treated as populations of the south asian leopard rather than distinct subspecies, thus making Panthera pardus nimr, Panthera pardus tulliana, Panthera pardus saxicolor, Panthera pardus kotiya, Panthera pardus delacouri, and Panthera pardus melas all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus fusca, the nepalese leopard, south china leopard, north china leopard, and amur leopard are all considered the last four remaining populations of the north asian leopard following the extinctions of other subspecies such as the mongolian leopard, manchurian leopard, korean leopard, and sakhalin leopard, thus making Panthera pardus nipalensis, Panthera pardus yunnana, Panthera pardus japonensis, Panthera pardus mongoliensis, Panthera pardus mandshurica, Panthera pardus coreana, and Panthera pardus sachalinensis all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus orientalis, and the cave leopard, antique leopard, vraonan leopard, sickenberg's leopard, and begouen's leopard are all now treated as populations of the european leopard, thus making Panthera pardus antiqua, Panthera pardus vraonensis, Panthera pardus sickenbergi, and Panthera pardus begoueni all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus spelaea Here's the leopard subspecies count (both historical and present-day-distributed: Traditional Leopard Subspecies Count: 1) †Panthera pardus barbarica (Barbary Leopard) - originally Felis pardus panthera 2) Panthera pardus pardus (Senegal Leopard) 3) Panthera pardus ivorensis (Ivory Leopard) - originally Felis pardus leopardus 4) Panthera pardus minor (Sudan Leopard) 5) Panthera pardus antinorii (Erythrean Leopard) 6) Panthera pardus nanopardus (Somali Leopard) 7) Panthera pardus suahelica (Masai Leopard) 8) Panthera pardus adersi (Zanzibar Leopard) 9) Panthera pardus chui (Ugandan Leopard) 10) Panthera pardus iturensis (Congo Leopard) 11) Panthera pardus shortridgei (Mozambique Leopard) 12) Panthera pardus melanotica (Cape Leopard) 13) Panthera pardus nimr (Middle Eastern Leopard) 14) Panthera pardus tulliana (Caucasian Leopard) 15) Panthera pardus saxicolor (Persian Leopard) 16) Panthera pardus fusca (Indian Leopard) 17) Panthera pardus kotiya (Sri Lanka Leopard) 18) Panthera pardus delacouri (Indochinese Leopard) 19) Panthera pardus melas (Javan Leopard) 20) Panthera pardus nipalensis (Nepalese Leopard) 21) †Panthera pardus mongoliensis (Mongolian Leopard) 22) Panthera pardus yunnana (South China Leopard) 23) Panthera pardus japonensis (North China Leopard) 24) †Panthera pardus mandshurica (Manchurian Leopard) 25) †Panthera pardus coreana (Korean Leopard) 26) Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur Leopard) 27) †Panthera pardus sachalinensis (Sakhalin Leopard) 28) †Panthera pardus spelaea (Cave Leopard) 29) †Panthera pardus antiqua (Antique Leopard) 30) †Panthera pardus vraonensis (Vraonan Leopard) 31) †Panthera pardus sickenbergi (Sickenberg's Leopard) 32) †Panthera pardus begoueni (Begouen's Leopard) Current Leopard Subspecies Count: 1) Panthera pardus pardus (Africa Leopard) 2) Panthera pardus fusca (South Asian Leopard) 3) Panthera pardus orientalis (North Asian Leopard) 4) †Panthera pardus spelaea (European Leopard)

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Yes, there have been records of individual Persian Leopards weighing over 100 kilograms. Here I was thinking more in terms of average weight, since not all Persian Leopards are 100 kg.

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Thanks for the suggestion! Will try…

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source for 4 susbspecies theory? in 2017 IUCN only categorized 8 ssp, but i think anyhow lumping say persian and arabian one is wrong in so many levels if true.

Could you cite some sources for this? Nonetheless, what an adaprable creature!

@zulfu_ile_tebiet, you actually mean nine because extinct subspecies always count, in fact, based on a recent study, there are now just four valid leopard subspecies: the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea) There used to be thirty-two valid leopard subspecies, but now there are just four, hence the reason why the barbary leopard, senegal leopard, ivory leopard, sudan leopard, erythrean leopard, somali leopard, masai leopard, zanzibar leopard, ugandan leopard, congo leopard, mozambique leopard, and cape leopard are all no longer valid subspecies and are instead populations of the african leopard, the reason why the middle eastern leopard, caucasian leopard, persian leopard, indian leopard, sri lanka leopard, indochinese leopard, and javan leopard are all no longer valid subspecies and are instead populations of the south asian leopard, the reason why the nepalese leopard, mongolian leopard, south china leopard, north china leopard, manchurian leopard, korean leopard, amur leopard, and sakhalin leopard are no longer valid subspecies and are instead populations of the north asian leopard, and the reason why the cave leopard, antique leopard, vraonan leopard, sickenberg's leopard, and begouen's leopard are all no longer valid subspecies and are instead populations of the european leopard For these reasons, Panthera pardus barbarica, Panthera pardus ivorensis, Panthera pardus minor, Panthera pardus antinorii, Panthera pardus nanopardus, Panthera pardus suahelica, Panthera pardus adersi, Panthera pardus chui, Panthera pardus iturensis, Panthera pardus shortridgei, and Panthera pardus melanotica are all now junior synonyms of Panthera pardus pardus, Panthera pardus nimr, Panthera pardus tulliana, Panthera pardus saxicolor, Panthera pardus kotiya, Panthera pardus delacouri, and Panthera pardus melas are all now junior synonyms of Panthera pardus fusca, Panthera pardus nipalensis, Panthera pardus mongoliensis, Panthera pardus yunnana, Panthera pardus japonensis, Panthera pardus mandshurica, Panthera pardus coreana, and Panthera pardus sachalinensis are all now junior synonyms of Panthera pardus orientalis, and Panthera pardus antiqua, Panthera pardus vraonensis, Panthera pardus sickenbergi, and Panthera pardus begoueni are all now junior synonyms of Panthera pardus spelaea Here's the leopard subspecies count (both historical and present-day-distributed) as officially recognized: Traditional Leopard Subspecies Count: 1) †Panthera pardus barbarica (Barbary Leopard) - originally Felis pardus panthera 2) Panthera pardus pardus (Senegal Leopard) 3) Panthera pardus ivorensis (Ivory Leopard) - originally Felis pardus leopardus 4) Panthera pardus minor (Sudan Leopard) 5) Panthera pardus antinorii (Erythrean Leopard) 6) Panthera pardus nanopardus (Somali Leopard) 7) Panthera pardus suahelica (Masai Leopard) 8) Panthera pardus adersi (Zanzibar Leopard) 9) Panthera pardus chui (Ugandan Leopard) 10) Panthera pardus iturensis (Congo Leopard) 11) Panthera pardus shortridgei (Mozambique Leopard) 12) Panthera pardus melanotica (Cape Leopard) 13) Panthera pardus nimr (Middle Eastern Leopard) 14) Panthera pardus tulliana (Caucasian Leopard) 15) Panthera pardus saxicolor (Persian Leopard) 16) Panthera pardus fusca (Indian Leopard) 17) Panthera pardus kotiya (Sri Lanka Leopard) 18) Panthera pardus delacouri (Indochinese Leopard) 19) Panthera pardus melas (Javan Leopard) 20) Panthera pardus nipalensis (Nepalese Leopard) 21) †Panthera pardus mongoliensis (Mongolian Leopard) 22) Panthera pardus yunnana (South China Leopard) 23) Panthera pardus japonensis (North China Leopard) 24) †Panthera pardus mandshurica (Manchurian Leopard) 25) †Panthera pardus coreana (Korean Leopard) 26) Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur Leopard) 27) †Panthera pardus sachalinensis (Sakhalin Leopard) 28) †Panthera pardus spelaea (Cave Leopard) 29) †Panthera pardus antiqua (Antique Leopard) 30) †Panthera pardus vraonensis (Vraonan Leopard) 31) †Panthera pardus sickenbergi (Sickenberg's Leopard) 32) †Panthera pardus begoueni (Begouen's Leopard) Current Leopard Subspecies Count: 1) Panthera pardus pardus (Africa Leopard) 2) Panthera pardus fusca (South Asian Leopard) 3) Panthera pardus orientalis (North Asian Leopard) 4) †Panthera pardus spelaea (European Leopard)

@@zulfu_ile_tebiet Same can be said for African Leopards - lumping all leopards in Africa as one subspecies is questionable when there’s so much variety between leopards in different regions of Africa.

When will you stop sprouting your disinformation under paleontology and zoology videos? I'm legit so tired of seeing your bs so often

Puma is not a big cat. It's a lesser cat. Lion, tiger, leopards and Jaguar are the only big cats. Even cheatar are leaser cats

@@nipunchandrawansa9014 I think you mean cheetahs are lesser cats, and yes pumas are lesser cats too.

Travis-yes, pumas are in Patagonia. I thought that was a widely-known fact. Was there confusion over that? 🤔 There are more pumas in South America than in North America, in fact. More wild spaces exist, with less people, especially in Patagonia…plus there are more abundant, larger prey animals available, like guanaco, vicuña (in some places), several deer types (Andean deer, brocket deer, as well as red deer, introduced)… and all the smaller rodents, birds, reptiles, etc. South American pumas have the widest variety of habitats, too, found from the Patagonian expanses to the Andes, the Amazon, the Orinoco basin, the Pantanal, the Atacama desert in Chile, Chocó on the Colombian pacific coast… a very diverse range. But yes, there are more pumas found in Patagonia than almost anywhere else in the Americas..

Nobody said pumas were big cats.. And nobody said pumas weren’t found in Patagonia. Lol.

Cougars are not the lesser cat they're phenomenal and they're the best jumpers. They are sometimes bigger and longer than leopards as well.

I know right

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@@AegleCreations it's good to have you back. 😊

yeah, I like Sri Lankan leopards.

mine too.

Mine are 3: SL, African and Amur leppardz