Interesting facts about the furious leopards are briefly explained in this post. This is all about their characteristics, different facts and their subspecies.

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LEOPARD

>INTRODUCTION:

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Leopard is a carnivorous (meat eater) wild animal.
It's scientific name is Panthera pardus.
It belongs to the Felidae family.
It is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera.
Leopard is similar to jaguar in appearance but their rosettes are small.
Leopards are one of the most powerful big cats present on the face of the earth.
These are closely related to lions, tigers and jaguars.

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>CHARACTERISTICS:

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It belongs to Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Carnivora, Suborder: Feliformia, Family: Felidae, Subfamily: Pantherinae, Genus: Panthera and Species: Panthera Uncia.
Leopards are approximately present in every type of habitat. For example; woodland, mountains, deserts, rainforests etc.
The color of the leopard's coat is cream-yellow on the belly and it darkens slightly to an orange-brown on the back.
Male usually weighs around 36 to 90 kg and female weighs around 20 to 60 kg.
Leopards can run at up to 58 km/h.
If leopards are hungry, they can go even faster and even reach up to 64 km/h.
Their average top speed is apparently 88.5 km/h.
Baby leopard are called cubs.
Their intelligence is one of their biggest assets during hunting and defending themselves from other predators.
These are considered to be the most intelligent among the big four cats, Lions, Tigers and Jaguars.

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>SUB-SPECIES OF LEOPARD:

There are following sub-species of Leopard.

1. African Leopard

2. Amur Leopard

3. Anatolian Leopard

4. Arabian Leopard

5. Indian Leopard

6. Zanzibar Leopard

7. Sri Lankan Leopard

8. Indochinese Leopard

9. Javan Leopard

10. Persian Leopard

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>1.AFRICAN LEOPARD:

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Scientific name of African leopard is Panthera pardus pardus.
It is the nominated subspecie of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa.
African leopards grow to only 3 to 6.2 feet long.
Their tails add another 25 to 39 inches to their length.
Male of African Leopard usually weighs around 31 kg and female weighs around 23 to 27 kg.
African Leopards can run at up to 35 – 37 miles per hour.
The total population of the African leopard around the world is more than 700,000.

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>2.AMUR LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus orientalis.
Males of Amur leopards grow to the length of 4.6-6.2 feet and females grows to the length of 2.4 to 3.6 feet with an 2.7-3 foot long tail.
The total population of the Amur leopard around the world is less than 90-100 in wild and some 180 in captivity/prison.
A full grown Amur leopard weighs between 21 to 36 kg.
Amur Leopards can run at up to 37 miles per hour.
There world wide number is the reason that makes them the world's most endangered cats.

>3.ANATOLIAN LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus tulliana.
A full grown Anatolian leopard weighs up to 90 kg.
Anatolian leopards grow to 7 feet in length with 3 feet long tail.
Anatolian Leopards can run at up to 40 miles per hour.
The total population of the Anatolian leopard around the world is fewer than 871–1,290 mature individuals.

>4.ARABIAN LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus Jarvisi.
The Arabian leopard is the smallest subspecie of leopard.
The "Felis pardus nimr" was the scientific name proposed by Wilhelm Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in year 1830 for a leopard from Arabia.
Males have a head to body length of 6–7 feet including tail.
A full grown Arabian leopard weighs between 20 to 30 kg.
Arabian Leopard can run at up to 36 miles per hour.
The total population of the adult Arabian leopards around the world is probably lower than 250.

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>5.INDIAN LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus fusca.
Male Indian leopards grow to 4 feet and 5 feet in body size with 2-3 feet long tail.
A full grown Indian leopard weighs between 50 and 77 kg.
Indian Leopard can run at up to 35 miles per hour.
India is the country, having the most leopards in the whole world.
The total population of the Indian leopard around the world is 12,000 to 14,000.

>6.ZANZIBAR LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus adersi.
The Zanzibar leopard was officially declared extinct 25 years ago in year 1996.
There is not enough information about this extinct sub-specie of leopard.

>7.SRI LANKAN LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus kotiya.
The Sri Lankan leopard is the largest subspecies of leopard.
A full grown Sri Lankan leopard weighs 100 kg.
Sri Lankan leopards grow to 3-4 feet in body size with 2-2.62 feet long tail.
Sri Lankan Leopard can run at up to 35 miles per hour.
Unfortunately Sri Lanka is swiftly losing its leopard population.
The total population of the Sri Lankan leopard around the world is estimated to be around 1,000.

>8.INDOCHINESE LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus delacouri.
Indochinese Leopard grows to 4 feet and 27 inches in body length with 3 feet and 28 inches long tail.
A full grown Indochinese leopard weighs between 60 to 70 kg. In rare cases it cross 70 kg.
It had small rosettes that are so closely set and it looks dark.
Indochinese Leopard can run at up to 36 miles per hour and can jump forward 20 feet.
The total remaining population of Indochinese leopard is 973 to 2503 with only 409 to 1051 breeding adults.

>9.JAVAN LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus melas.
A full grown Javan leopard weighs between 50 to 70 kg.
Javan Leopard grows to 5 feet and 25 inches in body length (including tail) with 3 feet and 44 inches body height.
Javan Leopard can run at up to 35 miles per hour.
The total population of the Javan leopard around the world is fewer than 250 adult ones.

>10.PERSIAN LEOPARD:

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It's scientific name is Panthera pardus saxicolor.
The Persian leopard is also known as the Caucasian leopard.
This subspecie of leopard grows to between 4 feet and 27 inches in body length with 3 feet and 28 inches long tail.
A full grown Persian leopard weighs between 50 to 70.
Persian Leopard can run at up to 28-35 miles per hour.
The total population of the Persian leopard around the world is fewer than 1000.

>SINAI LEOPARD:

This leopard is present in Egypt. It is not one of the subspecies of leopard.
Scientific name of Sinai leopard is Panthera pardus nimr.
A full grown Sinai leopard weighs between 21 to 60 kg.
It grows to 6-7 feet in body length (including tail).
Sinai Leopard can run at up to 30-36 miles per hour.
The "Panthera pardus jarvisi" was the name proposed by Reginald Innes Pocock in year 1932 for a leopard skin from the Sinai Peninsula.
It has been listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List (since 1996).
The total population of the Sinai leopard around the world were fewer than 200 wild individuals, estimated to be alive in 2006.