Leopard

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Mass
52264–55079 g
Length
1000–1900 mm
Lifespan
7478–12464 days 20–34 years
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Panthera pardus
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The leopard is a large cat with a flexible body and spotted fur. It lives in Africa and Asia, climbs trees excellently, and hunts many animals.
The leopard differs from other big cats in its ability to climb trees excellently and hide prey on branches. It is important for nature because it regulates the population of herbivores and maintains the health of ecosystems.
Ambush hunting
trophic:carnivore
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Mass (cub)
400–25000 g
Mass (embryo)
75.5–511 g
Mass (adult cat, male)
31000–91000 g
Mass (adult cat, female)
17000–60000 g
Length (embryo)
50–150 mm
Length (adult cat, female)
1000–1600 mm
Length (adult cat, male)
1100–1900 mm
Length (cub)
200–1200 mm
Height
229–1200 mm
Lifespan maximum
9971 days 27 years 4 months
Theoretical lifespan
4986–9971 days 14–27 years
Gestation
97 days 3 months 1 week
Litter size
1–4
Maturity
730–1460 days 2–4 years
Offspring
2–4
Repro interval
365–1095 days 1–3 years
Eyes count (cub)
2
Claws count (cub)
20
Tail count (adult cat)
1
Retractable claws count (adult cat)
18–20
Tail size (adult cat)
600–1100 mm
Claws size (cub)
3–8 mm
Muscular body size (adult cat)
1–1.9 mm
Retractable claws size (adult cat)
8–15 mm
Reproduction
normal sexual
Comparable in mass
Refrigerator
Realm
Palearctic realm
Biome
Temperate mixed forest
Biome
Tropical savanna
Biome
Temperate steppe
Biome
Tropical moist forest
Realm
world of Afrotropics
Realm
Indomalayan realm
Realm
Nearctic realm
Realm
Neotropical realm
Biome
Very hot and dry
Landscape
terrestrial grassland and steppe
Landscape
terrestrial forest
Climate
Always very wet
Climate
Heavy rains in summer
Climate
Very hot and dry
Climate
Always hot and wet
Landscape
terrestrial shrubland
Climate
Warm or hot summer
Landscape
terrestrial herbaceous
Climate
Warm summer and lots of rain
Climate
Winter with snow
Climate
Very dry
Climate
Very hot and almost dry
Climate
Hot steppe
Climate
Low precipitation in winter
Climate
Always hot
Climate
Hot, little precipitation in winter
Climate
Very hot summer
Climate
Hot and almost no precipitation
Climate
Lots of rain and cool summer
Climate
Steppe
Climate
Warm summer
Climate
Warm or hot summer and rains
Food environment
terrestrial
Food environment
aquatic
Food environment
arboreal
Shelter
no permanent shelter
Trophic type
carnivore
Reproduction
caring mother
Reproduction
nest on the ground
Reproduction
live birth
Reproduction
in a terrestrial nest
Reproduction
land
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meadows, prairies, forb glades on land
homogamy, reproduction always with fertilization, no alternation of generations
Worker
head
Tail size
Were {name} like {animal}, then:
birth time
vertebrates
ambush
Hot and almost no precipitation
Heavy rains in summer
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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will celebrate their {n} birthday
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Claws color
very hot and very humid all year round, rain almost every day
days
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
summer from pleasant to very hot
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
very heavy rains in summer, almost no precipitation in winter
adult cat
Maturity
Refrigerator
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
About health
Warm or hot summer and rains
milk
jaws
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
rodents in general — rats, squirrels, ground squirrels
Repro interval
results
Eyes count
summer warm, winter not very cold
Retractable claws color
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Colors
Sex
very hot and almost no rain
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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hot, rains in summer, little precipitation in winter
rains are very rare, almost a desert
little precipitation in winter, more in summer
Ambush hunting
antelopes
Trophic type
Filters
summer very hot, dry, lots of grass
Warm or hot summer
Tail count
Palearctic realm
den
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
Winter with snow
eggs, roe or offspring develop in a nest built on the ground or close to it
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Height
nest on the ground
rains almost always, very humid
young are born live on land, not hatched from eggs or roe
Very hot and almost dry
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Hot, little precipitation in winter
embryo body
Age (embryo)
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Muscular body size
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
More:
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
animals with backbone
Business sausages
Lifespan average
nest located directly on the ground surface on land, only the mother provides parental care for the offspring
in a terrestrial nest
live birth
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
birds
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
Indomalayan realm
Nearctic realm
Indomalayan realm
terrestrial shrubland
Lots of rain and cool summer
Hot steppe
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
{name} jubilee
terrestrial shrub habitats — maquis, chaparral, bush
Claws count
cm
boars
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
Claws size
turns
Rascals
terrestrial forest
terrestrial grassland and steppe
terrestrial herbaceous
Tail color
Retractable claws size
drink mother's milk in childhood
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Litter size
Tropical savanna
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
temperate forest
How to care for them?
desert
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
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Where are they found?
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
hares and rabbits
lots of rain, cool summer, snow in winter
Low precipitation in winter
Locomotion through water employed while searching for or capturing prey.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
Elders
Bro
normal sexual
Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
age
Predator remains still and concealed before launching a sudden attack.
birth date
swimming
no permanent shelter
Palearctic realm
rest
Fur color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
Neotropical realm
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
Neotropical realm
teeth
arid steppe
after transformation until death
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
Very hot summer
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Feeding occurs in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.
monkeys
Mass
live hares and rabbits
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Gestation
aquatic
land
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
Nearctic realm
Link copied
Always hot
jumping
No results found
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
Eyes color
live birds
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
world of Afrotropics
nest located directly on the ground surface on land
rodents
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0 Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
large mammals
birth year
lots of grass, few trees, rains occur
Maturity
lots of rain, summer from warm to very hot
sq mm
yr
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
cub
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
caring mother
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
much snow in winter, cold
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
rodents
world of Afrotropics
savanna
Temperate mixed forest
hares
Very hot and dry
group hunting
Duration
Always hot and wet
This is me
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Steppe
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
Temperate steppe
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
very hot during the day, cold at night, almost no rain
Fur pattern color
Asexual
swap
deer
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
active predation
Who among us will transform as if by magic and become like {animal}?
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
rainforest
Retractable claws count
celebrated their {n} birthday
open grassy spaces — steppes, savannas, prairies
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
47 to 74 kilograms, 1.2 – 2.8 meters
very hot and almost no precipitation
Hermaphrodite ⚥
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
embryo
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
arboreal
Observations
◉{N} more on tap
cub
pupa
imago
adolescent
adolescent
leopard
leopard
b-bir
nmr
leapard
njaryuc
hyou
jiki
leopard
pyobeom
kabylan
leopard
kaplan
qoplon
jin-qian-bao
  • The leopard, despite its relatively small size, is capable of hunting prey weighing up to 900 kilograms. This makes it one of the strongest predators among big cats.
  • The leopard's pattern of spots is unique to each individual and can be used for identification, like fingerprints in humans.
  • The leopard has high plasticity, explained by its elusive lifestyle and ability to hunt a wide variety of animals.
  • Leopard (Panthera pardus) has the largest ringed spots, usually up to 50–65 mm in diameter. They are typically interrupted in 2–5 places and consist of 2–5 separate spots grouped into a ring.
  • The leopard deliberately stamped its paws to let the prey hear it, then fell silent, so the prey did not know exactly where it was.
  • On the Malay Peninsula, almost half of the leopards have a black coat, unlike other regions where melanism is less common.
  • In Southeast Asia, melanistic leopards, known as black panthers, can be found. Their fur is not entirely black — spots are visible on it.
  • The leopard is a large cat, but significantly smaller than the tiger and lion. Its body is elongated, muscular, and slender, with a long tail whose length exceeds half the body length.
  • The leopard can kill prey larger than itself.
  • The leopard is one of the most adaptable big cats.
  • The leopard's pattern of spots is unique to each individual and can be used for identification, like fingerprints in humans.

Phenotype

  • Leopard (Panthera pardus) has the largest ringed spots, usually up to 50–65 mm in diameter. They are typically interrupted in 2–5 places and consist of 2–5 separate spots grouped into a ring.
  • The leopard deliberately stamped its paws to let the prey hear it, then fell silent, so the prey did not know exactly where it was.
  • On the Malay Peninsula, almost half of the leopards have a black coat, unlike other regions where melanism is less common.
  • The leopard is a large cat, but significantly smaller than the tiger and lion. Its body is elongated, muscular, and slender, with a long tail whose length exceeds half the body length.
  • The leopard is one of the most adaptable big cats.

Size

  • Leopard (Panthera pardus) has the largest ringed spots, usually up to 50–65 mm in diameter. They are typically interrupted in 2–5 places and consist of 2–5 separate spots grouped into a ring.
  • The leopard is a large cat, but significantly smaller than the tiger and lion. Its body is elongated, muscular, and slender, with a long tail whose length exceeds half the body length.
  • The leopard can kill prey larger than itself.

Geography

  • On the Malay Peninsula, almost half of the leopards have a black coat, unlike other regions where melanism is less common.
  • In Southeast Asia, melanistic leopards, known as black panthers, can be found. Their fur is not entirely black — spots are visible on it.

Feeding

  • The leopard, despite its relatively small size, is capable of hunting prey weighing up to 900 kilograms. This makes it one of the strongest predators among big cats.
  • The leopard has high plasticity, explained by its elusive lifestyle and ability to hunt a wide variety of animals.
  • The leopard deliberately stamped its paws to let the prey hear it, then fell silent, so the prey did not know exactly where it was.
  • The leopard can kill prey larger than itself.
  • The leopard deliberately stamped its paws to let the prey hear it, then fell silent, so the prey did not know exactly where it was.