Sri Lankan Leopard | History & Ecology
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- A history and ecology of the Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), one of 9 recognized subspecies in the world.
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Splendid video! I hope the present dire economic situation in Sri Lanka does not affect the lives of these big and beautiful cats!
Excellent history of this unique species of big cat in Sri Lanka There was a historical record of a Indian Bengal tiger that appeared in the north of Sri Lanka in the very early 1800 that was being transported by sailing ship that ran aground and escaped into the jungles of Sri Lanka in those times the jungles would have been virgin with sparse settlement .Interesting that you mention that 20 thousand years ago that appears fossil remains of tigers and lions may have been part of the jungle landscape
Yes, lion and tiger fossils were found in Sri Lanka. But lions went extinct earlier before the arrival of humans, but tigers lasted longer.
The migration of Lions and Tigers. Into Sri Lanka must have taken place before Adams bridge connecting Sri Lanka to India was covered by the rising sea level .Maybe the lions and tigers disappeared from Sri Lanka due to lack of prey species on the island and that allowed the leopard to create a niche market as the countries only carnivore . Much as the Sabre tooth tiger was living for a period 10.000 years ago alongside our ancestors along with cave lions and short faced bears in Europe Americas and the African and Asian continents . I would appreciate your comments THANK YOU
@@geoffreyswan7866 Posdibly, yes. But I don’t think anyone can pinpoint exactly when Big Cats came to Sri Lanka due to little fossil records. Actually, even the fossils we have for lions are just two teeth. The theory is that lions disappeared earlier from Sri Lanka, and tigers may have existed alongside leopards for awhile, before the tigers went extinct too.
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Yet another informative and interesting video on this awesome channel.
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Well researched video mate!
There’s so informative and useful video.✅ We must support the all predators on the earth… In addition I admire Sri Lankan Leopards… ❤️ 🐆
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Very informative & high quality
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Nice info👍
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Super. Quality is very high!
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Great stuff👍
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The srilanka Leopard is the Leopard more bigger in the world, he can to arriver usually until 85-100 kg ,with one record of 115 kg
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By looking at pic shown, possible Asiatic lion and (tiger, especial is good swimmers) from India to Sirlanka
Eagerly awaiting the full version! Great work
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preserve them, not let them extinct like cloud leopard in Taiwan.
Wow cool, is that part of your documentary?)
Yes, plan to upload full version soon…
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The Indian Cheetah was a species found in INDIA in the early 1800 s to early 1900 s and i read stories of the Maharajahas used Cheethas that were domesticated in their shikar safaris with the colonial powers of the time and no doubt many were killed as a trophy .Considering they existed in india during that period of time is it not feasable that CHEETHAS were also able to migrate to SRI LANKA at the same time as the evidence shows of lions and tigers were at one time also on the sri lankan mainland /////////////////////,,,,,,,,,,,,,/////
Yes, it’s possible. Even though there isn’t fossil evidence to support the fact, it’s probable they crossed over here too, especially if there was a significant cheetah population in South India. Tigers may have been in Sri Lanka too…
I wonder if any of the odd looking leopards described in historic texts may have been king leopards.
Very informative. Btw
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I think there are only 8 subspecies.
African leopard (P. p. pardus)
Indian leopard (P. p. fusca)
Indochinese leopard (P. p. delacouri)
Javan leopard (P. p. melas)
Persian leopard (P. p. saxicolor)
Amur leopard (P. p. orientalis)
Sri Lankan leopard (P. p. kotiya)
Arabian leopard (P. p. nimr)
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north chinese leopard(p.p.japonensis)
@@lovesl9386 not anymore. In 2017 it was subsumed under the amur one.
@@chathuravimanga In 2017, the North Chinese leopard became a subspecies of the Amur leopard for one reason.cuz the areas inhabited by the north chinese leopard and the amur leopard are intertwined, some say they are the (p.p orientalis).otherwise there are a lot of physical differences between the north chinese leopard and amur leopard.but there are problems here cuz no dna analysis has been done between the two of them.so the two subspecies are very different in their physical characteristics.some big cat experts are reluctant to consider the north nhinese leopard as a separate subspecies.so there are problems with the north chinese leopard being a subspecies of the amur leopard
How can we help them from the extinction ?
The more awareness there is, the more people will care. People protect what they love…
@@AegleCreations Very true. We learn this in biology. People are likely to protect animals they think are cuter.
The Zanzibar leopard is not extinct. Please do more research and make sure you are giving out true information
The Zanzibar leopard was officially declared extinct 25 years ago… if you have evidence it’s still alive, feel free to present it…
@@AegleCreations he might be referring to Forrest Galante's work?
Not sure if it was a Zanzibar Leopard that he 'rediscovered.' Probably a moot point.
@@beneficent2557 Yes, that was a controversial ‘discovery’. Even researchers that live in Zanzibar claim that the Zanzibar Leopard is extinct.
@@AegleCreations I hear you brother.
BTW, what is the numerical threshold for extinction? There is a genetic bottleneck issue that emerges when populations get too low.
Also, given the prevalence of menageries, how do you know that what you are 'rediscovering' is the genuine article?
@@beneficent2557 Not sure about the threshold, but I agree with your last point about ‘rediscovering’ lost species. In this case, even the researchers who worked with Forrest Galante’s episode claim they didn’t manage to film the Zanzibar Leopard… but lo and behold, somehow Forrest magically captures a Zanzibar Leopard on film?