Articles for tag: Breed Profile, Leopards

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California Spangled Cat: Breed Profile

The California Spangled cat is a breed of domestic cat engineered to resemble a miniature leopard for the purpose of bringing attention to the plight of full size leopards being slaughtered for their pelts. Despite their wild look, the California Spangled cat was bred using combinations of other domestic cats (unlike the Bengal, a domestic ...

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Snow Leopard Facts

Snow leopards, uncia uncia (or panthera uncia), are well known for their appearance. They can measure anywhere from 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) from its head to its tail. They are also slightly hefty cats, weighing in at 60 to 120 pounds (27 to 55 kilograms) with males being around 30 percent ...

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Top 4 Domesticated Spotted Cat Breeds

Animal lovers have always adored and respected spotted cats. From leopards and jaguars to margays and servals, wild cats with spots or rosettes have always captured hearts. Unfortunately for these wild cats and their progeny, far too many cat owners crossbreed domestic cats with their wild cousins, leading to the development of spotted wild cat ...

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Subspecies and Types of Leopard

There are few animals in the world more stunning and charismatic than the leopard. Leopards– including related species that are not “true” leopards– have long attracted the admiration and amazement of human beings. Many types of leopard exist, and several related species bear the “leopard” label due to their similarity in appearance. These stealthy, spotted ...

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Endangered Species: Snow Leopard

The snow leopard lives rocky mountain sides, shrublands, grasslands and alpine plateaus at altitudes of about 9,000 to 12,000 feet. Today they are only found in the countries of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Many of the areas where the snow leopard used to live, they have ...

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Endangered Species: The Amur Leopard

The Amur leopard is the most endangered of all the big cats. There are only 25 to 35 wild Amur leopards remaining as of November 2006. This big cat is also known as the Far Eastern leopard. About The Amur Leopard The Amur leopard lives in the forests of the Amur River Valley of Siberia ...