Taxobox name Arabianleopard image .JPG image caption Arabian leopards at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah emirate Sharjah image width status CR status system iucn3.1 status ... , 1833 The Arabianleopard Panthera pardus nimr is a leopard subspecies native to the Arabian ... taxon Panthera pardus ssp. nimr id 15958 version 2011.1 ref The Arabianleopard is the smallest leopard ... Press Limited, United Arab Emirates ref The Arabianleopard was tentatively affirmed as a distinct subspecies by genetic analysis from a single captive leopard from Israel of south Arabian origin, which appeared most closely related to the African leopard . ref cite journal author Uphyrkina, O ... j.0962 1083.2001.01350.x ref Characteristics The Arabianleopard has pelage hues that vary from ... leopard. http www.yemenileopard.org files cms reports Cat News Special Issue 1 Arabian leopard.pdf ... Peninsula . ref name spalton06 Spalton, J. A., Al Hikmani, H. M. 2006 The leopard in the Arabian peninsula ... leopard was widely distributed in the Arabian Peninsula. It once existed in Haqel in the northern part ..., A., Boug, A. 2006 Status of the Arabianleopard in Saudi Arabia. http www.yemenileopard.org files ... Center for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah, UAE. ref The Arabianleopard is threatened ..., D. P., Nasher, A. K., Thowabeh, N. 2006 Status report on Arabianleopard in Yemen. http www.yemenileopard.org ... of the ArabianLeopard in Yemen http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi middle east 6699039.stm BBC News 28 May 2007 ... ArabianLeopard in Oman wikispecies Panthera pardus nimr Category Leopards Category Fauna of the Middle ... familia Felidae genus Panthera species Leopard P. pardus subspecies P. p. nimr trinomial Panthera ..., genome diversity and origin of modern leopard, Panthera pardus journal Molecular Ecology ... convert 30 kg lb abbr on for the male and around convert 20 kg lb abbr on for the female, the Arabianleopard is much smaller than the African Leopard and other Asia n subspecies. ref name Breitenmoser ... more details
About the novel the film based on this novel The Leopard film the unrelated Hungarian film The Leopard 1918 film The Jo Nesb novel The Leopard Nesb novel Refimprove date July 2008 Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Leopard title orig Il Gattopardo translator image Image The Leopard Signet 1960s.jpg 200px image caption Signet paperback edition author ... preceded by followed by The Leopard lang it Il Gattopardo is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa ... Italian literature. The novel was also made into an award winning The Leopard film 1963 film of the same ... it. The title Despite being universally known in English as The Leopard , the original title Il Gattopardo ... s many rooms, each of which contains some representation of a leopard, the family insignia. Narration ... Sicilies. Reigned 8 November 1830 22 May 1859. Died shortly before the narration of The Leopard ... Communist Party of Italy . Despite or because of this controversy, The Leopard was to gain ... s highest award for fiction, the Strega Prize . ref The Leopard won Italy s highest award for fiction ... 9D0CEEDE123AF932A1575BC0A967958260 Dying World of the Last Leopard , New York Times , 1991 08 11. ref Film, TV or theatrical adaptations Main The Leopard film The novel served as the basis for a movie ... vogliamo che tutto rimanga com bisogna che tutto cambi. ref We were the Leopard s, the Lion ... Editore, Universale Economica ISBN 88 07 81028 X Archibald Colquhoun s English translation, The Leopard ... features article 1215461.php The Role of Leadership in the Novel THE LEOPARD 1958 ... tour.htm Donnafugata The Leopard places in Palma di Montechiaro http www.sicilytourguides.net Donnafugata Belice tour.htm Donnafugata The Leopard places in Santa Margherita Belice http www.communitywalk.com the leopard map map 359495 The Leopard Map http www.vanityfair.com online oscars 2010 05 scorsese restores the leopard and revives canness golden age.html Vanity Fair article on recent restoration ... more details
in the Galilee and the Golan Heights . However, these specimen are supposedly Arabianleopard s. ref Perez I., Geffen, E., Mokady, O. 2006 Critically endangered Arabian leopards Panthera pardus nimr ...Taxobox name Anatolian leopard image status CR status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn regnum ... Leopard Panthera pardus subspecies Anatolian leopard trinomial Panthera pardus tulliana trinomial authority Achille Valenciennes Valenciennes , 1856 The Anatolian leopard Panthera pardus tulliana , also called the Asia Minor leopard , is a leopard subspecies native to southwestern Turkey . Its ... Panthera pardus ssp. saxicolor version 2011.1 ref Distribution and habitat The Anatolian leopard ... of Caucasian leopard s. ref name khorozyan al06 Khorozyan, I. G., Gennady, F., Baryshnikov, G. F. and Abramov ... of the leopard, Panthera pardus Carnivora, Felidae in the Caucasus and adjacent areas . Russian ... Grouse Caucasian grouse . ref name b b04 Baskaya, S., Bilgili, E. 2004 Does the leopard Panthera ... on interviews with local people suggested that leopard populations survive in eastern Lycia and in parts ... Leopard, Panthera pardus tulliana Valenciennes, 1856 , in Western Turkey. Mammalia 57 5 ref ... to be the prime factor for the decline and possible extinction of the Anatolian leopard. One ... , the last leopard is reputed to have been killed in 1963 in the Al Ansariyah mountains , about ... in Lebanon is not available. Research and sightings The last official sighting of the Anatolian leopard ... Cemal Gulas brought the team a photograph of a paw print, which they determined to be one of a leopard. During the expedition the team members sighted a leopard and succeeded in taking a photo and confirming ... an adult male leopard in the Vashlovani National Park in Georgia country Georgia . This specimen is most likely a Caucasian leopard . ref Antelava, N. 2004 http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 3746491.stm Lone leopard spotted in Georgia . BBC News, 25 May 2004 ref Another sighting was reported ... more details
Leopard tank may refer to one of three tanks Leopard 1 , a German tank introduced in 1965 Leopard 2 , a German tank introduced in 1979, successor to the Leopard 1 Leopard 2E , a Spanish version of the Leopard 2 disambig ... more details
Arabian may refer to the Arabian Peninsula Arabian horse Arabian arcade game Arabian arcade game USS Arabian 1896 , a United States Navy tug in service from 1918 to 1919 See also Arab disambiguation Arabia disambiguation disambig ... more details
Taxobox name Zanzibar Leopard image Panthera pardus adersi.jpg image caption Mounted specimen in the Zanzibar ... , 1932 The Zanzibar Leopard Panthera pardus adersi is an elusive and extinction extinct subspecies of leopard that was endemic ecology endemic to Unguja Unguja Island in the Zanzibar archipelago ... and determined attempts to exterminate them. Efforts to develop a leopard conservation ... history The evolution ary history of the Zanzibar Leopard parallels that of other endemics ... evolved in isolation from the African Leopard since at least the end of the last ice age , when ... to local conditions produced a smaller leopard than its continental relatives and one that has ... Leopard are poorly understood. Only six skins have been located in museums, including the type zoology ... doc 14568104 The Zanzibar Leopard between Science and Cryptozoology title The Zanzibar Leopard Between Science and Cryptozoology journal Nature East Africa volume 33 issue 1 2 pages 14 16 ... Leopard Specimens journal CAT News volume 49 pages 4 6 ref The Zanzibar Leopard has never been ... Leopard to be extinct. ref name Stuart Stuart, C. & Stuart, T. 1997 . A Preliminary Faunal Survey of South eastern Unguja Zanzibar with Special Emphasis on the Leopard Panthera pardus adersi. African Arabian Wildlife Research Centre, Loxton, South Africa. ref However, Zanzibar government statistics ..., H.V. & Walsh, M.T. year 2002 url http www.scribd.com doc 13994714 Is the Zanzibar Leopard Panthera pardus adersi Extinct title Is the Zanzibar Leopard Panthera pardus adersi Extinct journal Journal ... 2.0.CO 2 issn 0012 8317 ref Demonization and extermination Rural Zanzibaris descriptions of the leopard ... url http www.scribd.com doc 17317225 A Leopard in Jeopardy An Anthropological Survey of Practices and Beliefs which Threaten the Survival of the Zanzibar Leopard Panthera pardus adersi title A Leopard ... Leopard Panthera pardus adersi work Zanzibar Forestry Technical Paper No. 63, Jozani Chwaka ... more details
Leopard Moth may refer to Giant Leopard Moth , or Ecpantheria scribonia Zeuzera pyrina , a member of the family Cossoidea De Havilland Leopard Moth , a 1933 three seat de Havilland plane disambig ... more details
Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leopard after the leopard The first HMS Leopard 1635 Leopard was a 34 gun ship launched in 1635 and captured by the Dutch in 1653. The second HMS Leopard 1659 Leopard was a 54 gun ship launched in 1659, hulked from 1686, and sunk as a breakwater in 1699. John Tyrrell Oakley John Tyrrell was lieutenant on this ship in 1672. The third HMS Leopard 1672 Leopard was a 6 gun fireship purchased in 1672 and expended the following year at the Battle of Texel . The fourth HMS Leopard 1703 Leopard was a 54 gun fourth rate launched in 1703, rebuilt 1721, and broken up 1739. The fifth HMS Leopard 1741 Leopard was a 50 gun fourth rate in service from 1741 to 1761. The sixth HMS Leopard 1790 Leopard , famous for her role in the Chesapeake Leopard Affair , was a 50 gun fourth rate launched in 1790, a troopship from 1812, and wrecked 1814. The seventh HMS Leopard 1794 Leopard was a 4 gun vessel formerly a Dutch Hoy boat hoy , purchased 1794 and sold 1808. The eighth HMS Leopard 1850 Leopard was a wooden hulled paddle frigate , launched 1850 and sold 1867. The ninth HMS Leopard 1897 Leopard was a C class destroyer 1913 C class destroyer in service from 1897 to 1919. The tenth French destroyer L opard Leopard , launched in 1927, was a French Chacal class destroyer Chacal class destroyer , seized in 1940, transferred to the Free French forces and wrecked off Benghazi on 27 May 1943. The eleventh HMS Leopard F14 Leopard , launched in 1955, was the lead ship of Leopard class frigate her class of frigate s. She was broken up in 1977. Shipindex DISPLAYTITLE HMS Leopard DEFAULTSORT Leopard, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names de HMS Leopard sl HMS Leopard fi HMS Leopard ... more details
Infobox weapon name Leopard 2 image File Leopard 2 A5 der Bundeswehr.jpg 300px caption Leopard 2A5 of the German ... update.com newscast 0407 news 160407 leo2.htm title Canada Acquires 120 Leopard 2 Tanks from ... War tanks Post Cold War tanks The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss Maffei in the early ... the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army . Various versions have served ... nations. More than 3,480 Leopard 2s have been manufactured. The Leopard 2 first saw combat in Kosovo ..., the original models up to Leopard 2A4 which have vertically faced turret armour, and the improved batch, namely the Leopard 2A5 and newer versions, which have angled arrow shaped turret appliqu ... terrain. History Refimprove section date October 2010 Development Even as the Leopard 1 was entering ... from the vergoldeter Leopard or gilded Leopard , instead of being a modified MBT 70 or Eber . The name of the design was determined in 1971 as Leopard 2 with the original Leopard retroactively becoming the Leopard 1. Seventeen prototypes were ordered that year only sixteen hulls were built . They had ... than the turret of a Leopard 1 because of a large internal ammunition storage locker in the rear bustle. The Leopard 2 thus initially used Vehicle armour perforated armour , and not Chobham armour ... Elektronik EMES 13 fire control system, with the 120 mm gun. File Leo2Br80.jpg thumb Leopard ... Leopard 2AV Austere Version because it had a simplified fire control system. It arrived in the US by the end of August 1976, and comparative tests between the Leopard 2 and the XM1 the prototype name ... December 1976. The US Army reported that the Leopard 2 and the XM1 were comparable in firepower and mobility ... by a hollow charge but against KE attack the Leopard 2 was almost twice as well protected as the original ... fitted, invalidating all performance data. After the comparative test the Leopard 2 hulls were returned ... of the hull. In September 1977 1800 Leopard 2 were ordered, to be produced in five batches. The first ... more details
The leopard Panthera pardus is a big cat now chiefly found in sub Saharan Africa. Leopard can also refer to Animals Amur Leopard pardus orientalis , related species of Northeast Asia Snow Leopard or ounce Uncia uncia , related species of Central Asia Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa , related species of South Southeast Asia Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis , wildcat species of Southeast Asia Leopard pattern , the spotting pattern characteristic of Leopards Leopard complex , the genetic alllele responsible for leopard spotting in horses Leopardus , another genus of small cats Machines Light Tank VK 1602 Leopard VK 1602 , a German light tank design during World War II that did not see production. Leopard 1 , a German main battle tank 1965 Leopard 2 , a modern German main battle tank 1979 , used by the armed forces of Germany and several other countries Leopard 2E , a modern Spanish tank. Leopard rocket , a British rocket HMS Leopard HMS Leopard , name of several Royal Navy ships French destroyer L opard , warship of World War II South Devon Railway Leopard class , a South Devon Railway 4 4 0ST steam locomotive, and the class of similar locomotives Leopard car , luxury car designed by Polish designer for Sweden based company Nissan Leopard , Japanese luxury sports car Leyland Leopard bus Computing DR DOS Leopard , the code name of Digital Research s DR DOS 5.0 Mac OS X v10.5 , known as Leopard, the sixth major release of Apple s Mac OS X operating system. Other The Leopard , a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Leopard film The Leopard , a film by Luchino Visconti Leopard syndrome , rare autosomal dominant multisystem disease, associated with high numbers of surface skin lesions Leopard heraldry , a heraldic beast Half Florin or Leopard, English coin of Edward III Leopard, a locally monthly magazine based in Aberdeen , Scotland See also Leopards disambiguation Leopardi disambiguation disambig ar cs Leopard da Leopard flertydig de ... more details
for the GusGus album Arabian Horse album good article Infobox Horse name Arabian horse status DOM alt ... image caption An Arabian Mare altname Arabian, Arab country Developed in the Middle East , most notably Arabian peninsula group1 Arabian Horse Association USA group2 The Arabian Horse Society of Australia group3 The Arab Horse Society UK group4 World Arabian Horse Organization std1 http www.arabianhorses.org ... level croup, high carried tail. The Arabian or Arab horse lang ar IPA ar is a n arabi , DIN 31635 DMG i n arab is a horse breed breed of horse that originated on the Arabian Peninsula . With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most ... history, Arabian horses spread around the world by both war and trade, used to improve other breeds by adding speed, refinement, endurance, and strong bone. Today, Arabian bloodlines are found in almost every modern breed of riding horse. The Arabian developed in a desert climate and was prized ... with humans created a horse breed that is good natured, quick to learn, and willing to please. The Arabian ... war . This combination of willingness and sensitivity requires modern Arabian horse owners to handle their horses with competence and respect. The Arabian is a versatile breed. Arabians dominate the discipline ... characteristics File Gatsby.jpg thumb left upright 1.5 A purebred Arabian stallion, showing dished ... also Horse anatomy Arabian horses have refined, wedge shaped heads, a broad forehead, large eyes ... additional sinus capacity, believed to have helped the Arabian horse in its native dry desert climate. ref name Upton21 Upton, Arabians pp. 21 22 ref ref name Archer89 Archer, Arabian Horse , pp ... name Parkinson157 Edwards, Gladys Brown. How I Would Build an Arabian Stallion. Arabian Horse World ..., but are they good athletes? The Versatile Arabian accessdate 2008 05 28 author Arabian Horse Association work AHA Website publisher Arabian Horse Association ref ref name GBE73p245 Edwards, The Arabian ... more details
About general leopard patterning leopard patterning in horses Leopard complex Unreferenced date February 2007 Image GtsklLeopard.jpg thumb A Leopard, the animal with a classic Leopard hair coat pattern Image Knabstrupper Baron.jpg thumb A Leopard patterned Knabstrupper horse . Image Giant leopard moth 20050612 173823 1.1300x1210.jpg thumb left The Giant Leopard Moth . Image Rana sphenocephala.jpg thumb left A Southern Leopard Frog . Leopard is a term used to describe a spotted color pattern, particularly in the hair coat or skin of animal s, but also used to describe spotting patterns in plant s and fabric s. The term is derived from the black and gold spotted coat of the Leopard cat, but is used to describe many color combinations that result in spots scattered randomly across the skin or hair coat of other animals. Leopard may also be used to describe fabric designs that imitate the coat pattern of Leopards or other animals. Examples of animals with coloring patterns termed Leopard include many great cats in the Panthera species , the Leopard frog , the Leopard spotting pattern in the Appaloosa and Knabstrupper breeds of horse s, the Leopard Seal , insects such as the Giant Leopard Moth , and fish species such as the Leopard darter and the Leopard shark . Examples of plants that use the term include the Dieffenbachia Leopard Lily , and the Belamcanda chinensis Leopard flower . The leopard color pattern in horses is linked to the Lp or Leopard complex , which not only produces a spotted equine coat color coat color but also causes mottling of the skin, a white sclera around the eye, and striped horse hoof hooves . Horses with the Lp gene may be spotted all over, or may have concentrations of spots in various patterns. DEFAULTSORT Leopard Pattern Category Horse coat colors Category Colors ... more details
Taxobox name Arabian Ostriches image Syrischer Maler um 1335 001.jpg image width 250px image caption Arabian Ostrich painting from Al Jahiz Kitab al Hayawan .28Book of Animals.29 The Book of Animals by al Jahiz . br Syria, 14th century. status EX status system extinct 1966 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate ... Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Rothschild , 1919 The Middle Eastern Ostrich or Arabian Ostrich Struthio camelus syriacus is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich which once lived on the Arabian ... up of the Arabian Peninsula, it disappeared from the inhospitable areas of the Arabian ... in two discrete Relict relict populations a smaller one in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula ... 450 530 mm in camelus . File Syrian Ostrich and Leopard.jpg thumb left Leopard attacking an ostrich on a mosaic from Roman Syria The Arabian Ostrich has long had a significant place in the culture ... The Arabian Ostrich is possibly ref The correct identification of the ba t haYa anah ... subspecies rather than from the Arabian one, as the latter was only found in the unruly frontier regions of the Roman Empire, although it is to be noted that much later, the plumes of the Arabian Ostrich ... subspecies. After the rise of Islam , the Arabian Ostrich came to represent wealth and elegance ostrich ... to Muslim s and eggs, feathers and leather were extensively used in handicraft. Arabian Ostrich ... back... . blockquote The Arabian Ostrich was also discussed in Mesopotamian scholarly writings from ... of Al Jahiz , or Ibn al Manzur s dictionary Lisan al Arab . Extinction File Arabian Ostrich ... 20th century, the Arabian Ostrich had become rare. Its main stronghold was the northern Nefud ... of the Saudi Gazelle and the Arabian Oryx , both also extinct or very rare, respectively, nowadays ... analyses of mtDNA control region haplotype s that confirmed the close relationship of the Arabian ... from captivity to the open areas of the Negev in Israel where the Arabian Ostrich lived before. Verify ... more details
The term South Arabian covers South Semitic languages spoken on the southern Arabian peninsula , i.e. those not found in Africa Old South Arabian , a group of extinct Western South Semitic languages Modern South Arabian languages or Eastern South Semitic. South Arabian alphabet disambig ar de S darabische Sprache ... more details
disambig Leopard s bane is any of several plants Doronicum orientale Aconitum , also known as wolfsbane Paris quadrifolia Arnica montana ... more details
North Arabian may refer to Northern Arabia Old North Arabian languages the Arab Adnan tribes disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Leopard is the name of a British double stage experimental rocket, which was launched between 1959 and 1962 eleven times from Aberporth . The Leopard has a flight altitude of 20 kilometres, a launch mass of 1.5 tons and a length of 6 metres. http www.astronautix.com lvs leopard.htm Category Rockets and missiles rocket stub de Leopard Rakete ja ... more details
The Leopard Society were a West Africa n society active in the early to mid 1900s that practiced cannibalism . ref citeweb url http www.liberiapastandpresent.org RitualKillings1900 1950b.htm title The Leopard Society Africa in the mid 1900s accessdate 3 April 2008 ref They were centred in Sierra Leone , Liberia and C te d Ivoire . Members would dress in leopard skins, waylaying travelers with sharp claw like weapons in the form of leopards claws and teeth. The victims flesh would be cut from their bodies and distributed to members of the society. In theory, the ritual cannibalism would strengthen both members of the society as well as their entire tribe. In fiction A fictional version of the Leopard Society was featured in the Tarzan novel Tarzan and the Leopard Men . The Leopard Society also appeared in the book African Adventure . Tintin encounters an enemy posing as a member of the Leopard Society in Tintin au Congo . The White Glove Society in the video game Fallout New Vegas is said to be based on The Leopard Society. In other literature Encounters with what is believed to be members of The Leopard Society are described in the book Travels in the White Man s Grave Memoirs from West and Central Africa , by Donald MacIntosh. The author challenges the idea of the society as extinct, and provides first person stories of strange encounters. The author lived in several West African countries from the 1950s to the 1980s. External links http www.liberiapastandpresent.org RitualKillings1900 1950a.htm The Leopard Society in the Nimba Range and at the Kru coast http www.liberiapastandpresent.org RitualKillings1900 1950b.htm 1900 1950 The Leopard Society in Vai country in Bassaland http www.archive.org stream humanleopardsacc00beatuoft humanleopardsacc00beatuoft djvu.txt Human Leopards And account of the trials of human leopards before the special commission court With a note ... & Fraternal Orders , Alan Axelrod, 1997, Checkmark Books Category Secret societies Leopard Society ... more details
Taxobox name Leopard frog image Rana sphenocephala.jpg image width 220px image caption Southern Leopard ... br Rana subaquavocalis br Rana tlaloci br Rana yavapaiensis Leopard frogs , also called meadow ... spotting though actually more like that of a cheetah than that of a leopard . They are distinguished ... needed date March 2012 Leopard frogs are often used as natural environment environmental indicator ... to be of much interest to various disciplines of biology. Taxonomy Leopard frogs meadow frogs ... complex Rio Grande Leopard Frog , Rana berlandieri Plains Leopard Frog , Rana blairi Chiricahua Leopard Frog , Rana chiricahuensis Vegas Valley Leopard Frog , Rana fisheri Northwest Mexico Leopard Frog , Rana magnaocularis Island Leopard Frog , Rana miadis Transverse Volcanic Leopard Frog , Rana neovolcanica Guerreran Leopard Frog , Rana omiltemana Relict Leopard Frog Rana onca Northern Leopard Frog , Rana pipiens Southern Leopard Frog , Rana sphenocephala Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog , Rana subaquavocalis Tlaloc s Leopard Frog , Rana tlaloci Lowland Leopard Frog , Rana yavapaiensis In March 2012, it was announced that DNA testing had confirmed a new species of leopard frog had been found ... of other area leopard frog species. ref cite web url http www.sciencedaily.com releases 2012 03 120314124016.htm ... Northern leopard frog 1.jpg thumb none Northern Leopard Frog. See also The Tsushima Brown Frog , sometimes called the Tsuschima Leopard Frog, is not very closely related to the leopard frogs. Footnotes ..., Leslie J., Burger, Joanna, Shaffer, H. Bradley 2012 A new species of leopard frog Anura Ranidae ... Leopard frog at Western Ecological Research Centre http caresheets.net frogs toads leopard frog.html Leopard Frog Care Information at Caresheets.net http www.herpnet.net Iowa Herpetology index.php?option com content&task view&id 27&Itemid 27 Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi at the Iowa Reptile and Amphibian Field Guide DEFAULTSORT Leopard Frog Category Rana Category Amphibians of North America ... more details
in heraldry of the naturalistic leopard, but what is intended can be easily distinguished by the stated ... One leopard Coat of arms of Fiji Coat of arms of Ghana Leopard s head s The Kingdom of Dalmatia , a province of the Habsburg Monarchy , had three crowned leopard heads this coat now appears as a component of the coat of arms of Croatia . Leopard s face s File JessantDeLys.jpg thumb 100px A leopard s face jessant de lys A leopard s face is frequently shown Jessant de lys , as in the 13th.c. arms ... Commons category Leopards in heraldry DEFAULTSORT Leopard Heraldry Category Heraldic beasts Category Leopards Category Mythological felines de Leopard Wappentier et Leopard heraldika no Leopard heraldikk ... more details
300px The body of the Spotted Devil of Gummalapur at the village of Devarabetta The Leopard of Gummalapur , also known as the Spotted Devil of Gummalapur , was a Man eater man eating Indian leopard ..., the leopard began entering through the thatched walls and roofs of the huts, in one case, killing ... dates of the attacks are not specified. First hunt for the leopard Kenneth Anderson arrived at Gummalapur at the request of the District Magistrate in order to rid the area of the leopard. Anderson ... about the wrath of the leopard. At 18 00, Anderson set himself upon a chair in front of a convert 12 ft m sing on high wall covered in thorns as a precaution should the leopard attempt to ambush him from behind. Throughout the night, Anderson unsuccessfully attempted to attract the leopard by coughing ... hunt for the leopard The next night, Anderson instructed the villagers to lend him a hut, where a lifelike dummy would be placed within, with the front door left ajar in order to lure the leopard .... The next night, Anderson was awoken from an unintentional sleep by the growls of the leopard, which upon realising the deception, bolted away into the jungle. Third hunt for the leopard Unsourced image removed Image Anderson & Nipper.jpg thumb Kenneth Anderson and Nipper Realizing that the leopard ... of Devarabetta, where the leopard had struck a month before. Anderson placed himself behind a thorn ..., thus making it easier to detect the arrival of the leopard through the alarm calls of other animals .... Anderson spotted the leopard climbing over the hut roofs, but lost sight of it in the dark. After a few minutes searching, Anderson was alerted to the leopard s presence by the dog s barking. Upon turning, Anderson saw the leopard charge him. Firing three rounds from his .405 Winchester , Anderson killed the leopard, whose carcass was immediately set upon by the dog. Post mortem Upon examining the body, Anderson found two Indian Porcupine quills lodged between the toes of the leopard s right ... more details
Image Corbett4.jpg thumb 200px Jim Corbett after killing the man eating Leopard of Rudraprayag in 1925 The Leopard of Rudraprayag was a male man eater man eating leopard, reputed to have killed over 125 people. It was eventually killed by famed big cat hunter and author Jim Corbett hunter Jim Corbett . The first victim of the leopard was from village Benji . For eight years, no one dared move alone at night on the road between the Hindu shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath , for it passed through the leopard s territory, and few villagers would leave their houses. The leopard was apparently so desperate for food that it would break down doors, leap through windows, claw through the mud or thatch walls of huts and drag people from them, devouring them. The British Parliament requested the aid of Corbett in the autumn of 1925. In the town of Rudraprayag there is a sign board which marks the spot where the leopard was shot. There is a fair held at Rudraprayag commemorating the killing of the leopard and people there often consider Jim Corbett a Sadhu . Corbett s notes revealed that this leopard, an elderly male, was suffering from serious gum recession and tooth loss. Recent analysis of many of the man eaters taken by Corbett and other hunters has shown a pattern, in which the animals ... link forthcoming . At the same time, as the leopard started hunting people eight years before, still young and strong, old age might not have been the reason for this leopard to become a men eater ... of his widely known book Man Eaters of Kumaon Corbett wrote A leopard, in an area in which his ... drama Manhunters , in the Episode The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag . ref imdb title 0461274 The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag ref References Reflist The Man eating Leopard of Rudraprayag , Jim Corbett , Oxford university press, ISBN 0 19 562256 1 DEFAULTSORT Leopard Of Rudraprayag Category Mammals of India Category Rudraprayag Category Animal attacks Category Deaths due to leopard ... more details
unreferenced date July 2009 Image Arabian Ranches on 12 June 2007 Pict 1.jpg thumb right 250px A phase nearing completion Image Arabian Ranches on 12 June 2007 Pict 2.jpg thumb right 250px A phase nearing completion Arabian Ranches is a residential project located on Emirates Road in Dubai . External links http arabianranchescommunity.com Arabian Ranches Community http www.arrcdubai.com Arabian Ranches Residents Committee Independent Volunteer Group of Homeowners Dubai topics Developments in Dubai coord 25 3 8 N 55 16 14 E type landmark display title Category Proposed buildings and structures in Dubai Category Neighbourhoods in the United Arab Emirates Category Residential communities in Dubai UAE geo stub id Arabian Ranches ... more details
Image PanarManeater.jpg thumb right 250px The Panar Leopard after it was killed by Jim Corbett. The Leopard of Panar was a man eater man eating male leopard alleged to have killed and eaten as many as 400 people over a period of several years in the Kumaon District of Northern India in the early 20th century, after a wounding by a poacher had left it unable to hunt normal prey. The Panar Leopard was hunted down and killed in 1910 by famed big cat hunter and author Jim Corbett hunter Jim Corbett . References div class references small references div Category Animal attacks Category Deaths due to leopard attacks Category 1910 animal deaths Category Man eaters Category Individual leopards cat stub es Leopardo de Panar mk ur ... more details
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