Leopards weigh 65 pounds to 175 pounds. The leopard's length is from 3 feet to 5 feet long. The height to the shoulder is up to 28 inches. The leopard has fur with a pattern that has dots inside a circle. The leopard's colors are mostly grayish-beige with black dots.
Leopards can live in forests, grasslands, swamp areas and dry desert-like regions.
The leopard lives in those places so it can catch other animals, and so it can climb a tree and rest in the midday. The leopard's habitat has problems for survival because the grassland is dry so many of the animals move to the wet grassland . The leopard lives in Africa, and many parts of Asia. The leopard is a warm-blooded mammal. It is part of the cat family.