アフリカヒョウ (Panthera pardus pardus) は中央アフリカと南部アフリカに生息するヒョウの亜種である。スリムな体形に優雅な頭部が特徴である。黄色から暗い金色が基調の毛皮で、小さなロゼット模様が狭い間隔で並んでおり、下半身、顔、尾の先にかけて黒い斑点に変化する。腹部と脚の内側は白い。性的二形であり、オスはメスより体が大きく体重もある。オスは肩高 60 cm ~ 70 cm、体長 1.52 m ~ 1.83 m、尾の長さ 66 cm、体重 58 kg ~ 96 kgである。メスは肩高 55 cm ~ 65 cm、体長 1.39 m ~ 1.67 m、尾の長さ 60 cm、体重 24 kg ~ 37.5 kgである。
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African leopards are quite arboreal, using trees to cache their kills in order to protect them from other, stronger predators like lions, hyenas or wild dogs.
The African leopard has likely been extirpated from Northern Africa and only the Sub-Saharan populations survive in its original range.
Leopards sometimes occur as a melanistic morph, where the base coat colour is black. The rosettes can still be seen in some lighting circumstances.
The Zulu people revere the leopard as a noble, corageous and honorable create. In their language, it is called 'ingwe'.
Leopards have phenomenal eyesight that supports their nocturnal hunting behaviours. They can see about 7 times better in the dark than humans.
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