For the unrelated Hungarian film of the same name The Leopard 1918 film Infobox film name The Leopard br Il Gattopardo image OLeopardo.jpg caption original film poster director Luchino Visconti producer ... language Italian br German language German budget gross The Leopard lang it Il Gattopardo is a 1963 Italian film by film director director Luchino Visconti , based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa s The Leopard ... ca Il Gattopardo da Leoparden de Der LeopardFilm es El gatopardo pel cula fa fr Le Gu pard ... Giuseppe Rotunno editing Mario Serandrei distributor Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ... The film features an international cast including the American Burt Lancaster , the Frenchman ... well together, and their resulting friendship lasted the rest of their lives. Versions The film has ... by 20th Century Fox . A 151 minute version was released in Spain. Awards 1963 Cannes Film Festival ... en archives ficheFilm id 3122 year 1963.html title Festival de Cannes The Leopard accessdate ... print and several interviews and featurettes. Region 2 British Film Institute BFI Video offers ... Technirama camera negative for The Leopard survives and was used by The Criterion Collection to create their video master for DVD and Blu ray, with color timing supervised by the film s cinematographer, Giuseppe Rotunno . New preservation film elements were created using a 4K digital scan of the film, done with the cooperation of the Cineteca di Bologna , L Immagine Ritrovata , The Film Foundation ... Scorsese s Film Foundation accessdate 2010 04 30 work fashionandrunway.com ref This restoration premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival to great fanfare. ref name Vanity Fair cite web url http www.vanityfair.com online oscars 2010 05 scorsese restores the leopard and revives canness golden age.html title Scorsese Restores The Leopard and Revives Cannes s Golden Age accessdate 2011 03 20 work Vanity Fair ref References Reflist External links IMDb title id 0057091 title The Leopard Amg movie ... more details
Infobox Film name The Leopard image caption director Alfr d De sy producer writer Alphonse Daudet narrator starring B la Lugosi music cinematography editing distributor released 1918 runtime country Hungary language Silent film Silent budget gross The Leopard is a 1918 cinema of Hungary Hungarian film directed by Alfr d De sy and featuring B la Lugosi . Cast Annie G th as Vikt ria hercegn P ter Konr dy Ila L th as Post skisasszony B la Lugosi as Orlay P l, p t sz as Arisztid Olt Kl ra Peterdy as Matild b r n Guszt v Tur n See also B la Lugosi filmography External links imdb title id 0008177 title The Leopard CinemaofHungary DEFAULTSORT Leopard, The Category 1918 films Category Black and white films Category Hungarian films Category Hungarian silent films Category Films directed by Alfr d De sy silent film stub Hungary film stub ... more details
About the novel the film based on this novel The Leopardfilm 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 ... Italian literature. The novel was also made into an award winning The Leopardfilm 1963 film of the same ... preceded by followed by The Leopard lang it Il Gattopardo is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa ... 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 Leopardfilm The novel served as the basis for a movie directed by Luchino Visconti . The film, starring Burt Lancaster , has been described as a fresco of Sicily ... Film Festival . 20th Century Fox cut the film dramatically for its original 1963 release ... to http www.irreer.it gattopar differ.html Il romanzo e il film , the Italian original of this is Se 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 ... http www.irreer.it gattopar differ.html Il romanzo e il film somiglianze e differenze The Novel and the Film resemblances and differences . In Italian. Accessed 15 October 2006. http movies.monstersandcritics.com ... 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 Leopardfilm 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 racehorse Eye of the Leopard horse Eye Of The Leopard , is a 2006 nature documentary film by National Geographic Channel that shows the journey, life, and growth of a young leopard cub named Legadema . The film is narrated by Jeremy Irons . ref http www.imdb.com title tt1569978 ref Irons would later narrate The Last Lions , a 2011 National Geographic documentary film. ref http jeremyirons.com jeremy irons the last lions set to premiere at palm springs film festival ref In fact, he voiced Scar in Disney s 1994 animated film The Lion King . References reflist External links http channel.nationalgeographic.com episode eye of the leopard 2813 Overview National Geographic Channel Eye of the Leopard official website imdb title 1569978 Category American documentary films Category National Geographic Channel programs Category 2006 films Category Documentary films about nature Category 2000s documentary films Category English language films nature documentary film stub cs Eye of the Leopard it L ultima preda film 2006 ... 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
Infobox Film name The Leopard Man image Leopard man.jpg image size caption theatrical poster producer ... minutes country Film US language English budget gross The Leopard Man 1943 is a horror movie directed ... http sfy.ru sfy.html?script leopard man Screenplay for film by Ardel Wray and Edward Dein spacing ... Pleasure of the Leopard Man Gender, Genre and Authorship in a Val Lewton Thriller accessdate ... The story, set in New Mexico , begins as Jerry Manning hires a leopard as a publicity stunt for his ..., startles the animal and it escapes the club into the dark night. The owner of the leopard, a solo sideshow performer named Charlie How Come billed as The Leopard Man begins pestering Manning for money for replacement of the leopard. Soon a girl is found mauled to death, and Manning and Kiki feel ... to suspect that the latest killing is the work of a man who has made the death look like a leopard attack. The leopard s owner, who admits to spells of drunkenness, is unnerved by Manning s theory and begins ... killing occurs the victim this time is Clo Clo. Afterward, the leopard is found dead in the countryside ... in finally found, he confesses that his compulsion to kill was excited by the first leopard attack. Although at least one preview trailer for the film suggests the possibility of a killer half man half leopard , everything in the film itself implies the killer is leopard or a man simulating leopard attacks. The possibility of a man beast hybrid is never raised in the film itself, only in the preview trailer. Production details The film was made on a budget of 150,000. The same black leopard named Dynamite , used in Cat People 1942 film Cat People , another Val Lewton produced film, was brought back for this film. Cast Dennis O Keefe as Jerry Manning Margo actress Margo as Clo Clo Jean Brooks as Kiki Walker Isabel Jewell as Maria Marguerite Sylva as Marta Critical reaction Most reviews of the film ... Lewton Tourneur films such as Cat People 1942 film Cat People . TV Guide s review of the film praises ... more details
Infobox film name Blood Of The Leopard image BloodoftheLeopard.jpg image size caption director Kim Lung producer writer narrator starring music cinematography editing distributor release Hong Kong films of 1972 1972 runtime country Taiwan , Image Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg border 22x20px Flag of Hong Kong 1959 1997 Hong Kong language Standard Mandarin Mandarin budget Blood of the Leopard is a Hong Kong films of 1972 1972 Taiwan ese Hong Kong kung fu action film directed by Kim Lung . Cast Yee Yuen Kong Ban Wang Tai Lang Chan Hung Lit Cheung Ching Ching Ma Kei Got Siu Bo O Yau Man Hon Kong External links Blood of the Leopard at http www.hkcinemagic.com en movie.asp?id 8868 HKcinemamagic.com CinemaofTaiwan CinemaofHongKong DEFAULTSORT Blood Of The Leopard Category 1972 films Category Taiwanese films Category Hong Kong films Category 1970s action films Category Kung fu films Category Mandarin language films Category Shaw Brothers Studio films Taiwan film stub HK film stub Action film stub ... more details
Infobox Film name The Leopard Woman image caption director Wesley Ruggles producer J. Parker Read, Jr ... The Leopard Woman at the American Film Institute AFI Catalog Of Feature Films AFI Catalog of Feature Films Wesley Ruggles DEFAULTSORT Leopard Woman, The Category 1920 films Category American adventure ... in film 1920 runtime 70 min. language silent film Silent with English language English intertitle s country FilmUS budget preceded by followed by The Leopard Woman is a 1920 in film 1920 silent film silent era adventure film adventure romance film romance drama film drama film motion picture starring Louise Glaum , House Peters, Sr. House Peters , and Noble Johnson . film director Directed by Wesley Ruggles and film producer produced by J. Parker Read, Jr. , the screenplay was film adaptation adapted by H. Tipton Steck and Stanley C. Morse based on the novel The Leopard Woman 1916 by Stewart Edward White . The first film release release of Associated Producers, Inc. , ref First Associate Release ... government, Madame played by Glaum , who is known as the Leopard Woman, is also leading a safari ... meet in the desert. The Leopard Woman s men are exhausted and dehydrated and she is forced to seek Culbertson s help. The Leopard Woman then feigns illness and manages to fulfill her promise to delay ... , to kill him. The attempt fails, however, and the Leopard Woman is relieved. She has decided that she ... progress is delayed further. The Leopard Woman smashes his bottle of medicine in the hope of forcing ... tribe and Britain. Choosing love over her duty as a foreign rival, the Leopard Woman sends Chak ... for her. Cast Louise Glaum as Madame, the Leopard Woman House Peters, Sr. House Peters as John Culbertson ... Reviews A Los Angeles Times film criticism review of Thursday, December 9, 1920, reads blockquote The Leopard Woman, romance of intrigue, conquest and mystery, is at the Walker Theater. Louise Glaum ... films of 1920 References reflist External links http www.imdb.com title tt0011396 The Leopard ... 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 Film name Leopard in the Snow image image size caption director Gerry O Hara producer Christopher Harrop br John Quested producer John Quested writer Anne Mather novel br Jill Hyem narrator starring Keir Dullea br Susan Penhaligon br Kenneth More br Billie Whitelaw music Kenneth V. Jones cinematography Michael Reed cinematographer Michael Reed editing Eddy Joseph studio distributor Enterprise Pictures Limited Enterprise Pictures UK br Danton Films Canada released March 1978 runtime 94 minutes country FilmUK language English budget gross preceded by followed by website amg id Leopard in the Snow is a 1978 Cinema of the United Kingdom British drama film directed by Gerry O Hara and starring Keir Dullea , Susan Penhaligon , Kenneth More and Billie Whitelaw . In the middle of a blizzard , a young woman takes shelter in a house owned by a former racing driver still recovering from an accident he has some years before. ref http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift title 409519 ref It was based on the 1974 novel Leopard in the Snow novel Leopard in the Snow by Anne Mather . Cast Keir Dullea Dominic Lyall Susan Penhaligon Helen James Kenneth More Sir Phillip James Billie Whitelaw Isabel James Gordon Thomson actor Gordon Thomson Michael Framley Jeremy Kemp Bolt Yvonne Masters Bessie Peter Burton Mr Framley Tessa Dahl Miss Framley References references External links IMDB title id 0077847 Title Leopard in the Snow CinemaoftheUK Category 1978 films Category British films Category 1970s drama films Category English language films Category Films directed by Gerry O Hara 1970s UK film stub ... more details
Infobox film name Commando Leopard image Comleopardpos.jpg caption Original film poster director Antonio Margheriti producer Erwin C. Dietrich writer Roy Nelson starring Lewis Collins music cinematography Peter Baumgartner editing distributor released Film date 1985 10 24 df y runtime 100 minutes country Film Italy br Film West Germany language Italian budget Commando Leopard lang de Kommando Leopard is a 1985 Italian war film or Euro War directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins . ref name NY Times cite web url http movies.nytimes.com movie 141101 Kommando Leopard overview title New York Times Commando Leopard accessdate 2008 10 26 work NY Times ref It s the second film in the Margheriti Collins trilogy, that started with Codename Wildgeese and concluded with Der Commander The Commander . Plot In an unnamed Latin America n dictatorship , a group of rebel freedom fighters fight to bring about a less oppressive society. The rebels, led by the enigmatic Enrique Carrasco Lewis Collins Collins who has returned to his native land to fight, attack a hydro electric dam . Along with Carrasco s native fighters are Smithy John Steiner Steiner , a British people British mercenary , and Maria, a native ex medical student turned freedom fighter. After killing the security guards, Carrasco s men place explosives at a crucial point in the dam wall, when they blow the dam the resulting tidal surge destroys a nearby bridge that is carrying Government convoy. On hearing the news, the President demands the head of the secret police, Colonel Silvera Klaus Kinski Kinski , to eliminate ... War War film War Film References reflist External links imdb title id 0089436 title Commando Leopard DEFAULTSORT Commando Leopard Category 1985 films Category Italian films Category Italian language films Category Films directed by Antonio Margheriti Category Macaroni Combat films de Kommando Leopard it Commando Leopard ... more details
The Leopard of Honour is a life s work achievement award at the Locarno International Film Festival , an international film festival held annually in Locarno , Switzerland . The award has been given out since 1989 with an exception in 2001. The award especially denotes recognition of Auteur theory auteur cinema and creative and audacious filmmaking. Winners 1989 Ennio Morricone 1990 Gian Maria Volont 1991 Jacques Rivette 1992 Manoel de Oliveira 1993 Samuel Fuller 1994 Kira Muratova 1995 Jean Luc Godard 1996 Werner Schroeter 1997 Bernardo Bertolucci 1998 Freddy Buache and Joe Dante 1999 Daniel Schmid 2000 Paul Verhoeven and Paolo Villaggio 2001 No award 2002 Sydney Pollack 2003 Ken Loach 2004 Ermanno Olmi 2005 Terry Gilliam , Abbas Kiarostami and Wim Wenders 2006 Aleksandr Sokurov 2007 Hsiao hsien Hou 2008 Amos Gitai 2009 William Friedkin , Isao Takahata and Yoshiyuki Tomino 2010 Jia Zhangke and Alain Tanner 2011 Abel Ferrara External links http www.pardo.ch jahia Jahia home lang en pid 292 Official site Category Locarno International Film Festival Category Film award winners Category Swiss film awards film award stub de Goldener Leopard es Leopardo de Honor fr L opard d or it Pardo d Oro hu Tiszteletbeli Leop rd ... more details
leopard in film and television The first documentary on snow leopards was made by Hugh Miles, named ... Kush for the BBC film Snow Leopard Beyond the Myth. ref http www.bbc.co.uk programmes b008mcdq ref ... authority Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber Schreber , 1775 range map snow leopard range.png range ... ranks subspecies subdivision Taxonomy see text The snow leopard Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia is a moderately ... nr48 2008 content nr48 2008.htm Article 2002 ref the snow leopard is now generally considered as Panthera ... have not been settled. The snow leopard remains on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species endangered ... m ft ref The Role of Incentive Programs in Conserving the Snow Leopard, CHARUDUTT MISHRA1,2, PRISCILLA ... 2003 ref above sea level in Central Asia. The Snow Leopard Survival Strategy McCarthy et al. 2003, Table II compiled national snow leopard population estimates, updating the work of Fox 1994 . Many ..., the global snow leopard effective population size those likely to reproduce is suspected to be fewer ... 394 isbn 0 226 77999 8 ref ref name Trust cite web work Snow Leopard Trust year 2008 url http www.snowleopard.org external files media Snow Leopard Fact Sheet.pdf title Snow Leopard Fact Sheet accessdate ... title Snow Leopard profile accessdate 2008 10 23 ref The snow leopard has a short muzzle and domed ..., cold air of their mountainous environment. ref name WCoW The snow leopard cannot Roar utterance ... are absent in the snow leopard. ref name Walker cite book last Nowak first Ronald M. title Walker ... accessdate 2007 05 20 ref Snow leopard vocalizations include hisses, Prusten chuffing , mews ... lynx sized cats, and eventually for the snow leopard. ref cite journal page 214 url http www.archive.org ... leopard is also known in its native lands as shan Ladakhi , irves lang mn , waawrin prraang ... , p nth r, referred to all spotted Felidae generically. Taxonomy and evolution File Snow leopard portrait 2010 07 09.jpg thumb right Closeup of a male snow leopard The snow leopard was first described ... 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
The Golden Leopard is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival , an international film ... Swiss film awards film award stub de Goldener Leopard fr L opard d or it Pardo d Oro hu Tiszteletbeli ... are chosen by a jury. The award went under many names until it was named the Golden Leopard in 1968 ... years. Winners The award was known as Best film for the first two years. And Then There Were None 1945 film And Then There Were None , Ren Clair , USA , 1946 Le Silence est d or , Ren Clair ... Home , John Ford , USA , 1950 The festival did not take place in 1951. Hunted film Hunted , Charles Crichton , UK , 1952 Three films tied in 1953. Julius Caesar 1953 film Julius Caesar , Joseph ... Shane , USA , 1953 Five films tied in 1954. Bajaja film Bajaja , Ji Trnka , flagcountry Czechoslovakia , 1954 Gate of Hell film Gate of Hell , Teinosuke Kinugasa , JPN , 1954 Les fruits sauvages , Herv Bromberger , FRA , 1954 Rotation film Rotation , Wolfgang Staudte , flagcountry West Germany ... Sail in 1958. Ten North Frederick film Ten North Frederick , Philip Dunne , USA , 1958 The 1959 winning film was awarded for Best Direction . Killer s Kiss , Stanley Kubrick , USA , 1959 The award ... , 1960 Fires on the Plain film Fires on the Plain , Kon Ichikawa , flagcountry Japan , 1961 Un coeur ... , 1963 Black Peter film Black Peter , Milo Forman , flagcountry Czechoslovakia , 1964 Four in the Morning film Four in the Morning , Anthony Simmons writer Anthony Simmons , UK , 1965 In 1966 ... has been known as the Golden Leopard since 1968. I visionari , Maurizio Ponzi , ITA , 1968 Four films ... for the Golden Leopard . Three films won Best First Feature In punto di morte , Mario Garriba ... In 1971 there were two categories for the Golden Leopard . Two films won Best Second Feature Private ... To Love the Damned , Marco Tullio Giordana , flagcountry Italy , 1980 Chakra film Chakra , Rabindra Dharmaraj , flagcountry India , 1981 The official jury decided not to award a Golden Leopard in 1982 ... more details
disambig Leopard s bane is any of several plants Doronicum orientale Aconitum , also known as wolfsbane Paris quadrifolia Arnica montana ... 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
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