Questions and Answers About Leopards

Where do leopards live? Africa south of the Sahara; southwestern and southern Asia

Varied habitat: deserts, mountains, grasslands, forests

How big do they get? body: 4 1/4 to 6 1/4 feet; tail 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 feet
How much do they weight?  
What do they eat? varied diet including baboons, jackals, wildebeest, aardvarks, pangolins, impala, snakes, birds and rats
What are their enemies? wild dogs, hyenas, lions and chimps in groups
What do they look like?  
How many babies do they have? 2 to 6 cubs
Do they have any special skills? Excellent stalker; good climbers; can swim but don't like to get wet.
Are there any special facts about them? Hide kill in trees. Will pounce on prey from behind or by jumping down from a tree.
Do they live alone or in groups? Solitary hunters

Resources:
National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2000.

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