Throughout Africa, from the Arabian Peninsula through Asia to Manchuria and Korea. Females in captivity have produced offspring as old as 19 years, but the average age of last reproduction is 8.5 years. In captivity, leopards have lived over 23 years, as compared to 10 - 11 in the wild. It has a variety of vocalizations including grunting, growling, hissing, purring and meowing. One of their most recognized sounds is their distance call which sounds something like someone sawing wood.
Leopards are very opportunistic animals and have an extremely flexible diet.
They will consume protein in almost any form, from beetles up to antelopes twice its own weight. It readily eats carrion, and caches sizeable kills in trees, returning nightly to feed on them. They have even been known to include the occasional baboon in their diet. On the basis of conservation need, space availability, and the potential for obtaining new founders, the Felid TAG has determined that there is only space for one race. The Amur leopard, P. p. orientalis of the Russian Far East, adjacent Manchuria and North Korea has been identified as the leopard for zoos and other North American institutions.