Leopard is a member of the cat family, who admired its attractive, variegated color.These predators are kind to each other, and panthers are divided into subtypes.The most important representative of this type is considered leopard, which is currently under special attention from defenders of wildlife.
Appearance
Like most leopards, this subspecies are characteristic of contrasting spots scattered throughout the body, on the back, they have a larger diameter.The main color of gray-ocher, the winter these cats change their tone, getting paler color.The spots are always black and brown tones.Wool is quite mild and short, regardless of the time of year.Leopard is slender, slightly elongated body.In the withers it can grow up to 76 cm. The length of the cat's body in the middle is 170, although there are individual small as 126 cm or, conversely, reached 183 cm. Females tend to be smaller.The tail of the animal body a little shorter - from 94 to 116 cm. Ears predator round, small form.Weight cats varies around 60 kilos.
Lifestyle
Basically this predator lives in one place, without wandering from place to place.He can make small transitions after prey.Usually leopard settles in ungulate habitat.He also tries to avoid the snow-covered areas.Active life begins in the late afternoon and continues until morning.If the weather is cool, the predator may occur during the day.The style of hunting this beast - "podkaraulivanie" occasionally can chase prey.This cat was not squeamish and eat their prey with guts.They can eat semi-decomposed corpses of animals, and the remnants hiding in the bushes, or other suitable shelters.The main diet consists of wild ungulates.But the beast will not give even a porcupine, foxes, birds, rabbits, sheep or rodent predator.Livestock hardly attacked, only at the need for snow too, lingering winter.Natura animal careful enough.He tries to hide, but if it appears to the wounded, to defend themselves, can attack humans.
Where is Near Eastern leopard inhabits?Photos animal shows that close to him scattering of stones and rocky terrain.Of course, for the life of the animal shelter is necessary, so it can be found most often in gorges, in which rivers flow.But he also is found in deciduous forests and can rest in the trees.
Kittens
In three years, the leopard is ready to reproduce.Ghosn is usually falls on December-January and April, there are about kittens.The female can produce up to 4 children, but more often in the litter of 2 or 3 young.Within three months, young powered milk, then the mother begins to feed their game.Kittens keep with the female of about one and a half years, after which they go on "their bread."
disappearance of species
Unfortunately, the color has become an attractive lure for poachers who with extreme greed hunted leopards.Also reducing species due to human activity, which took from its territory of animal habitats, which is why decreased hoofed livestock that ate the leopard.The third factor is the instantaneous reduction of intentional destruction of individuals because it ranked as the animals that are harmful to domestic livestock.Most of the Transcaucasian republics leopard was subject to exterminate all year round, like a wolf.As a result, according to current estimates of the world, there are only 870 - 1300 animals of this subspecies.Most of the cat lives in freedom in Iran, where they were about 550 - 850 goals.They also are found in Afghanistan, but there they were not typed more than 300 individuals.A little less living in Turkmenistan, about a hundred.In Armenia and Azerbaijan in all these spotted a dozen.In Georgia, Turkey and the Nagorno-Karabakh 3 - 5 individuals.
Today, all the actions that lead to the destruction of spotted predator banned not only in Russia but also in all its habitats.The authorities seek to restore the population of the animal, which is already included in the Red Book.It is planned that in Russia in 15 years to be restored to the animal population, and so be saved leopard.In the Krasnodar region for the implementation of this National Park were settled two males caught in freedom in Turkmenistan and two females, received from Iran.In the offspring of these pairs are assigned almost all hope.It is planned to restore the population of the animal in the Caucasus, in fact until the 20th century this kind of leopard lived in all mountain areas of the province.
Coins
Russian Savings Bank rapped seven new coins from the series "Protect Our World".Cash collection with the image of the country's rarest animals, this time joined the leopard.The coin in this series was shown the world in 2011.Altogether seven coined "leopard" of different denominations, three of them are made of silver and gold four.
Description
coins The obverse of each denomination has a traditional two-headed eagle, whose wings "look" down under it there is an inscription "Bank of Russia".Around the frame of the points recorded denomination of the coin, the sample is labeled metal mintage year and mint mark.The reverse depicts a leopard in various poses and actions.Background decorated outlines of nature.Below each coin "leopard" - 11 has along the edge the inscription "Protect Our World".
