Leopard

Leopards are large, spotted cats present in Clan mythology.
==Description==
:In Clan mythology, leopards are the ancestors of the Clan cats. They are large cats with golden fur and black spots. They were also the swiftest cats in the forest.
==Relations to cats==
:Leopards are present in Clan mythology as LeopardClan, an ancient Clan of the big cats who were swift and had black spots on their pelts like racing pawprints. LeopardClan is attributed to providing the Clans with speed and hunting skills. They lived near the river after Fleetfoot successfully defeated the boars Rage and Fury.
:Some Clan cats are named after leopards: Leopardstar and Leopardfoot. Leopardstar was given her name in hopes she would survive kithood. Coincidentally, both cats are spotted, though only Leopardstar is golden spotted.
==History==
===In The Prophecies Begin arc===
====Into the Wild====
:At a Gathering, a small cat beside Graypaw asks what TigerClan is. The gray tom explains that they were cats of the night, as big as horses, with jet-black stripes. He hesitates when trying to explain LionClan and the small tabby cat says he had heard of them; that they had yellow fur and manes the color of the sun. Graypaw then says that there was another one and their name was SpottyClan, or something close to that. Lionheart approaches behind him and tells Graypaw he was thinking of LeopardClan. He says that LeopardClan were the swiftest cats who were huge with golden pelts and black pawprint-like spots. He adds that they could thank LeopardClan for the speed and hunting skills cats possessed. The small apprentice asks why they should thank them and Lionheart says that there is a trace of the great cats in all cats today.
===In the Super Editions===
====Crookedstar's Promise====
:Mudfur names his only surviving daughter Leopardkit, after LeopardClan, hoping it would give the tiny kit the strength she needed to survive without a mother.
===In the Field Guides===
====Secrets of the Clans====
:LeopardClan is described as swift, with black spots on their pelts. In the story "How LeopardClan Won the River" a LeopardClan warrior named Fleetfoot steps forward at a Gathering, and says that no boar, even the one the Clans call Rage, would be match for a LeopardClan warrior. Fleetfoot says she can kill the boar, and Swiftstar, the current LeopardClan leader, makes a deal with the other Clans that LeopardClan would have the river as their hunting grounds for a moon. Fleetfoot finds the boar and kills it, only to discover Rage's mate, Fury, waiting for her on the bank. For two nights and two days the leopard and boar fight, until Fleetfoot emerges victorious, Fury having tripped on the stepping stones and drowned. In exchange for Fleetfoot killing the two boars LeopardClan gains sole hunting rights to the river.
==Gallery==
Leopard.FG-1.png|A leopard in Secrets of the Clans
Great Clans.TPB-1.png|A leopard, lion, and a tiger in The Prophecies Begin, volume 1
==See also==
*LeopardClan
*Leopardstar
*Leopardfoot
==External links==
*Panthera pardus
==Notes and references==
pl:Lampart (stworzenie)
Category:Creatures