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Lifespan

Lifespan

10-12 years in the wild

21-23 years under human care

Diet

Diet

Mid-sized ungulates,

primates, birds, fish and carrion

Habitat

Habitat

Mountains to grasslands,

rainforests to farmlands

Range

Range

Africa to Middle East,

India, China and Southeast Asia

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Keeping our leopards lively

Keeping our leopards lively

Kirinda, one of our Sri Lankan leopards, is having a go at a bone tied to a dynamic log in her back-of house enclosure. Enrichment activities like these keep our leopards sharp of mind and claw, while strengthening their muscles. Our leopards also love spending time by their water tub, where they are kept entertained by colourful floating balls that they cannot resist  batting with their paws. Their keepers are always thinking up ideas like these to ensure the big cats are stimulated mentally and physically.
Stocking up

Stocking up

The leopard has the practice of heaving its kill up into the limbs of a tree for undisturbed feeding. Assisted by powerful limb,neck and jaw muscles, it can easily drag a carcass that weighs more than itself! Leopards are known to cache food in trees or under thick vegetation and will not stop hunting despite having multiple carcasses stowed away. This is especially so where competitors like hyenas or lions are present and more commonly seen in males than females.
Blending in

Blending in

Their coat colour ranges from tawny in warm, dry habitats to reddish-orange, even black in dense forests. Leopards with a black coat are commonly referred to as `black panthers’. Like other leopards, they have a spotted coat although their distinctive black rosette markings are much less visible on a black coat. Leopards in East Africa sport circular rosettes while those in South Africa have squarish ones. Cubs are ash-grey with indistinct rosettes. Solid black spots cover a leopard’s chest, feet, and face. Each leopard has a unique coat pattern.
Vulnerable survivors

Vulnerable survivors

In the face of changing land-use, decreasing prey and human persecution, the leopard has persisted where other large predators have not. Found wherever there is food and cover, it quenches its thirst with moisture from ingested prey. Not a fussy eater, it tolerates human presence well. Keen of sight and hearing, the leopard is comfortable both in water and on trees. Yet, it is not invulnerable. In parts of its range, populations have plummeted by 80% or more.

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WRS helps to save the Sri Lankan leopard

WRS helps to save the Sri Lankan leopard

The leopards in our collection are managed under the European Endangered Species Programme.  We participate in this Programme as part of the co-ordinated efforts around the world to care the Sri Lankan leopards and breed them. To enhance genetic diversity the species, the Programme Co-ordinator, a role undertaken by a selected zoo, make recommendations for specific individuals to be exchanged among participating zoos. In other words, the Programme Co-ordinator plays the role of a match-maker ! 

The IUCN Status

LC Least Concern
NT
VU Vulnerable
EN
CR
EW
EX Extinct
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species.

LC

Least Concern

At relatively low risk of extinction

NT

Near Threatened

Likely to become vulnerable in the near future

VU

Vulnerable

At high risk of extinction in the wild

EN

Endangered

At very high risk of extinction in the wild

CR

Critically Endangered

At extremely high risk of extinction in the wild

EW

Extinct in the Wild

Survives only in captivity

EX

Extinct

No surviving individuals in the wild or in captivity

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