Endangered Animals

Leopards

Where do they live?

They live in the Southern of Africa in the Savannah Grasslands. There are around 100 leopards.

What do they eat?

Since they are carnivore, they eat baboons, lizards, birds, etc...

What do they look like?

Leopards are famously knows as big cats. They have orange fur with black spots. They weigh around 37 to 90kg. An adult's length measures 90 to 160 cm and its height is from 60 to 70 cm.

What is their lifespan?

An average leopard has a lifespan of between 12 to 17 years.

How fast can they run?

Due to the fact that they do not weigh very much, they can run at 58km/hour.

Written by Russell Bezzina, Daniel Muscat, Nathan Muscat, Karemm Spiteri & Rhys Camilleri

Information taken from Britannica School, Encyclopaedia Britannica

Why are they endangered?

They are endangered because of extra poaching from hunters. They are hunted for their skin and bones. This is very bad for the Earth as they could go extinct.

Fun Facts

Some people mistake black leopards as panthers. A leopard's body is built for hunting.

They can leap very far. They are excellent swimmers and climbers. Leopards

Have a gestation period of about 3 months and typically give birth to a litter

of 2 to 3 cubs. Leopard cups are born blind and completely rely on their

mothers. Their eyes begin to open at around ten days of living. The cubs stay

with their mothers for about two years; this is how they learn to survive.

Leopards can hear five times more than humans and have night vision seven

times more than humans. They prefer to hunt in the night. Each leopard has its

own hunting territory. They mark it with their claws. The fact that leopards blend

in with the trees make them very silent hunters.