this was a report that I wrote for my friend Lesley and I also wrote this for other people to like Debbie S. This person works with my dad.

1. Customer: Lesley Mouradian
Animal: Leopard
Report by: Felicia Ferentinos
Leopard Report
Leopards are carnivore which means they only eat meat. They
can find any meat item that they can find. Leopards usually
hunt monkeys like the baboon; they can also eat rodents,
reptiles, amphibians, large birds, fish, antelope, cheetah cubs
and even sometimes a porcupine. A leopard can hunt by
stalking and stealth. They can kill their prey by chewing the
prey’s throat or the back of the neck so that the leopard can
stop the animal from breathing. A leopard is a stealthy hunter.
The other animals that a leopard eats are carrion, hares,
hyraxes, and a warthog. Nothing can be too small for a
leopard. A leopard can eat anything that is made out of meat.
A leopard will stalk their prey by launching a ambush on the
animal that they are trying to caught. They can kill an animal
with just a quick bite to the neck. Leopards are very strong
predators they can drag their prey up a 3 times their own
weight up into a tree. They can go for long periods of time with
no water. They need to save their enemy for hunting. The other
animals that they eat are gazelles, duker, eland, impala,
wildebeest, jackals, insects, snakes, sheep and goats. Leopards
usually hunt during the night. That means they are nocturnal.
Leopards have good eyesight and hearing. But they do not
have good sense of smell. Leopards can hunt by stalking and
pouncing on their prey. They do not chase their prey. They grab
the prey by using their retractable claws to hold down their
prey. A leopard can kill a prey animal by a single bite to the
throat. Leopards are so strong it is often that they carry their
meal’s up into trees to protect it from other predators that will
want to steal their food and so that they can eat there food up
there. They can carry it by dragging big animals up into a
branch. Leopard’s can eat small or medium size animals. When
a leopard can not find the food that it normally hunts then

2. sometimes it will go for domestic livestock. Leopards are so
strong that they can carry a 2 or 3 times their own weight (like a
blue wildebeest) up into a tree. Leopards will not hunt until it
starts to get dark out. When necessary sometimes leopards can
also hunt during the day time to. Leopards live on Africa, India,
China, and Korea and in Siberia. The habitats that the leopard
lives in are on open savannahs, forests, jungles and up in the
mountain areas. Leopards can also live on Asia. The other
habitats that the leopard lives on are grasslands and deserts.
The leopard population in Southeast Asia is starting to get really
small in jungles. Leopards can also be found in the rainforests, in
woodlands, on the plains and on shrubby areas. The other
ranges that they live on are sub-Saharan Africa and in the
Middle East of China and in the Southeast part of Asia. The
leopard also lives in the western turkey, Arabian Peninsula to
the south east part of Siberia and in Malay Peninsula, Sri Lanka,
Java, Kanga Island and almost everywhere in Africa. A
leopard’s habitats are also in brushes and in lowland forests.
They can also be seen in Northeast Africa and in Central Asia. A
leopard’s favorite habitats are on rocky areas and in forest
areas to. But leopards are mostly can be found on both places
warm and cold climates. Leopards usually live alone that
means that they are solitary an animal that lives alone. A
male’s territory can be big as 5 to 40s sq miles). They can mark
their territory with their urine and they can be very defensive of
them. A leopard’s territory can hold seven females in it.
Leopards also live in jungles, hills, plains and in deserts; they live
also on islands that are in the middle of lakes. They can also be
found in Africa’s forests. A leopard can grow about 60-110cms
924-43 inches) tall to the tail. A leopards body length is 0 .9 and
1 .9m (3-6.25ft) to the tail. They can also grow about 24-43
inches) and they can also weight about 82 and 200 lbs). A
leopard can also weight about 37-90kgs (82-200lbs). A length of
a leopard is 3 to 6 feet (91 to 191 centimeters) to the tail 23 to
44 inches (58 to 110 centimeters). A male leopard can weight
about 80 to 200 pounds (36 to 90 kilograms). A female leopard
can weight about 62 to 132 pounds (28 to 60 kilograms). The

3. size of a leopards head and body are 4, 25 to 6, 25 ft (1, 3 to 1,
9m) to the tail. They can also grow about 3 .5 to 4 .5 ft (1. 1 to
1.4m). A leopard can even weight about 66 to 176 lbs (30 to
80kg). The Leopard is the smallest of all the big cats. The range
size of a leopard is two meters (6 .5ft) long and they can weight
about 30 and 70kg (65-155lb). Some male leopards can grow
about 90kgs (200lb). The females are more two-thirds smaller
then the males are. Then medium sized of a leopard is 3 .5, 5
feet (1-1 .7m) long to the tail. The tail can reach about 2-3feet
(0.6 .9m) long. An adult leopard can weigh about 65 to
175pounds (30-80kg). The males are a lot bigger then the
females. The length of a leopards head and body are 910-
1,910mm (35.8-75. 1 in). The height of a leopards shoulder is 450-
780mm (17, 7-30, 7in). The length of the leopard’s tail is 580-
1,00mm (22, 8-43, 3in). The average weight is 28-90kg (61, 7-
198lb,) A male can weight about 37-90kg (81, 6 -198lb,) and the
weight of a female leopard is 28-60kg (61, 7 132lb,).They can
even weight about 140 pounds. A leopard can grow about
28inches to the shoulder. A leopard can also grow about 24-
75in (60-190cm). A leopard can live about 12 to 15 years in the
wild. When they are in captivity then a leopard will live for 23
years. In the wild they can also live about 10-15 years and they
can also live for 20 years in captivity to. When they are in zoos
they can live for 21 years to. When they are in the wild they can
lie about 12 years and when they are in captivity they can live
for 20 years. Leopards are very good at climbing. Leopards use
their climbing skills to climb up a tree so that they can hide from
danger. Leopards use the branches for resting and sleeping.
They can hold their balance by hanging their legs on different
sides of the tree branch. A leopard can eat in every few days.
They can also use the tree to hide their food from other
predators that would want to steal their food. They can even
carry their food up into a tree so that they can eat it. Leopards
do not like to fight with each other. Instead of fighting they will
avoid with each other then fight. Sometimes a male will fight to
protect a female leopard. Leopards are not like other cats
because leopards are amazing and strong swimmers. Some of

4. the only cat in the cat family that often seems to like the water.
Expect for the tiger and the jaguar. Leopards are also very
good runners their speed is 36 miles per hour (58 kilometers per
hour), a leopard can leap into the air for about 20 feet (6
meters) in a single bound. They are amazing jumpers. They can
jump for (3 meters) up into the air. Leopards are very strong
animals. A leopard can climb high into a tree they can climb
about 50 feet (15 meters) high up in a tree. They can use their
strength to carry a dead animal high up into a tree. They can
hide their kill up in a tree they do this because so that predators
like lions or hyenas would not be able to reach it. One leopard
has been known to hide a 220-pound (100 –kilogram) baby
giraffe in a brush. The leopard is an amazing swimmer and a
very good climber on tree. A leopard can carry a 3 times their
own weigh high up into a tree and they can place their kill in
the branches that is over 6m (19, 7ft) high. Leopards often to
spend most of their lives in trees then on the ground. They can
spend their days resting in trees branches. The other reason why
they spent their lives in trees because so that they can keep
their meal safe from scavengers like the African wild dog,
hyenas and lions will be able to steal a kill from a leopard.
Leopards can hear as five times as better at hearing sounds
then humans are. They can even hear the ultrasonic squeaks of
a mouse. The species of a leopards coat fur depends on what
types of habitat doe’s it live on. Usually a leopards coat can be
really short, thin, and warm. The leopards close relate is the
jaguar because they kind a look like each other in a way. On a
leopards skin there are special spots on the animal’s body and
they are called rosettes because they kind a look like roses.
Scientists believe that these cats coloring spots can help them
hide from their prey. Leopards are not like other cats because
most big cats can roar. But the leopard makes a raspy cough
sound. The sound is also a coughing type grunt and a rasping
cough. Leopards live by their selves that mean that they are
solitary animals. An animal that does not live in a group.
Leopards hate to be near other leopards and other animals.
Every male leopard has his own territory. A male leopard

5. territory can be big as six square miles (15sq km). That is big as a
big lake. Leopard is a nocturnal animal. A leopard usually rests
on a tree branches and sometimes they can relax during the
day. Leopards are amazing at climbing and they can defend
head first when they go up into a tree. Leopards have been
known to store their food in trees and by later they can
consumption. Leopards can be very strong swimmers but they
do not possess the same affinity of water then tigers do. A
leopard can run about 60km 1h (37 mph) and they can leap as
high as 6 meters (20ft) horizontally and they can leap as high as
3 meters (10ft,) vertically. When the animal is hot during the day
the it will rest in bushes, rocks, caves, and up in a tree. There is
another reason why leopards have spots for breaking up their
outlines for forests and grasslands. Leopards have white spots
that are on the tip of their tails and also on the back of the
ears. They use their spotted tails and their ears to find each
other in the tall grasses. They also use their spots for
communication to. The species of leopards that live on dry
grasslands they have a lighter color then the ones that live in
the rainforests the black leopards are found in Southeast Asia.
The leopard is the fifth biggest cat in the world that is after the
tiger, lion, jaguar and the cougar. Females will raise their young
alone. The females will make a safe den that she makes in
caves and sometimes up in branches of a tree. A female
leopard will give birth to two and three cubs. The moment that
they are born they are blind and they can hardly crawl and
they are born with spots on their body. The cub’s mother will
spend a lot of time with them. When she is with her cubs she will
feed her cubs milk. After few weeks then the mother will leave
her cubs to go hunting for food for them to eat. Till then the
cubs have to stay hidden until the mother returns with food for
them to eat. Until then the cubs would have to be quiet and
stay hidden if they don’t then other animals will try to kill them.
A young leopard will start to hunt down small animals first
before it starts to take down big animals. A leopard cub’s coat
is a smoky gray and their rosettes are not clearly delineated
yet. The mother will abandon her nomadic wandering until the

6. cubs are big enough to follow her. She will make her cubs safe
until they are 8 weeks old. The cubs will be ready to eat meat in
6 or 7 weeks. The mother will feed her cubs milk for 3 months
and sometimes even longer. The gestation period for a
leopard is 3 to 3 .5 months. Sometimes leopards can even have
six cubs in a litter. The other gestation period that has been
recorded is 90 to 105 days. Some leopard mothers have 2 or 4
cubs in a litter to. The cubs are born blind it will take 10 days for
their eyes to open. In 3 months old the cubs are ready t o follow
their mother when she goes on a hunt. The cubs will stay with
their mother for about 13 or 18 months so that they can find
their own territory to live on. The males do not take any part of
taking care of the cubs. Some 40 and 50% cubs don’t make it
to adulthood. A leopard mating takes place all year long in
tropical locations and on savannahs to. A leopards birthing
interval of approximately will happen in 2 or 3 years. When the
cubs reach 4 years old then they will start to eat meat. Meat
that their mother being back to them. She will put their kill up in
a tree or in a cave. When the cubs are not ready for a real hunt
they practice their hunting skills by chasing each other that
means that they are playing. When the cubs are one and a
half years old then they will start to hunt on their own. This
means that they can take the world by themselves. When the
cubs are two in a half years old. Then the mother will leave her
old tree and starts to live in a different tree to live on and she
will start to mate again and have new cubs. When a young
female leopard is two and half years old she will find a mating
partner to mate with and then to have her own cubs to take
care of. The size of a newborn cub is 1 pound (0, 5 kilograms).
They will reach maturity when they are 3 years old. A female
leopard will be pregnant for 90 to 112 days. When the mother
goes out to hunt then she will hide her babies from predators
that would want to eat them. Leopard cubs have in common
with other cats is that leopard cubs love to play games with
each other. The games that they play are stalking, pouncing
and chasing. When a cat creeps slowly to chase their prey. This
is called stalking. Pouncing is a big jump in the air. Chasing is

7. when a animal is running after a other animal. Leopard cubs
use these behaviors to practice on their bothers or sisters and
sometimes their mother. This is a good training lesson to help
them to survive on their own when they get older. Male
leopards roam on big territories there are usually one male and
seven females in a leopard territory. A female leopard will give
birth at anytime of the year, Females usually have two grayish
cubs that barely have visible spots on them. The mother will
continue to hide her cubs until they are old enough to play or
learn how to hurt for themselves. Leopard’s cubs will stay with
their mother for two years. When the mother goes out to hunt
this is the time when the cubs can be killed. The animals that will
try to kill a leopard cub will be from a hyena, jackal, lion, tiger,
snakes and birds of prey will try to eat and kill a leopard cub
when the cub is not being protected by its mother. The biggest
enemies to a leopard are humans. Humans are the leopard’s
biggest threat because people are taking away their homes to
makes room for houses and farms. The leopard population is
starting go bad because people are taking over their homes.
People are hunting the leopard because for their skin coat to
sale at markets but this has been a legal for many years in the
past. People are sailing them secretly which means they are
sailing them in secret. The leopard’s habitats are being cut
down to make building projects. Poachers have been killing
leopards for their whiskers to make potions out of them.
Leopards are also being killed because they are killing the
people’s livestock. They are also being poison because
ranchers are trying to protect their animals from them. All
subspecies of leopard are all being threaten and endangered.
The leopard is the symbol for wisdom. People kill the leopard to
make ceremonial robes and coats that is made out of the
animal’s skin. People use the different parts of the leopard’s
tails, claws and their whiskers to make fetishes. The leopard’s
population is starting to be endangered especially in Africa.
The biggest threat for the African leopard is that humans are
taking over their land. People often hunt them for their fur and
they also kill them for sport that means for fun but it is also

8. against the law to do that. People also hunt the leopard
because it is killing the farmers and rangers livestock. When the
human population keeps on growing then it will create a big
problem for leopards. If the human population grows less and
less land for wildlife so the land and room is a computation.
There is a really big hunting game in Africa. Leopards have
been one of the most sought-after animals for human hunters
to kill. In some locations leopards are being hunted for trophy.
This is called trophy hunting. This means that they are killing
them to make trophies out of them. People usually hunt
leopards to make meat and for their beautiful fur. Farms see
these creatures as pests because they kill their livestock. But
there are some people that are trying to help the leopard and
other amazing wildlife that come to Africa to pay local
communities this will lead lots of protection for the leopards to
help save them. The U.S. Endangered Species Act and the
Commission on International Trade for endangered species.
They will try to help leopards in wildlife parks that are in the
leopard’s home countries. The U.S. Endangered Species Act is
doing whatever they can to protect these amazing creative’s
from leaving out planet forever. They are doing their part. Now
it is our turn to help. There used to be 700,000 leopards that
used to live in the past. Now today they are fewer than 50,000
leopards lifted in the world today. That is what I know about
leopards.