: Male 75 cm

Leopard is one of the most adaptable of all species in Africa, surviving where many other species can not. Being very shy and secretive there is often no obvious sign of their presence unless they start to kill domestic animals. They prey on any thing from mice to Kudu and Wildebeest. They are also scavengers and will readily feed on any carrion that they find. Leopards are well known for their taste for dog flesh and will often take domestic dogs as prey. In rare cases Leopards have become man-eaters preying mainly on women and small children. If a Leopard is cornered, he will charge and only a fatal bullet will stop him. When the Leopard charges he will come in low and without a sound, and because he is so well camouflaged, it is very difficult to pick him up before he gets to you.