Pards

Pards were legendary feline creatures.
== History ==
The pards are mentioned in the poem "Cat", included in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. They are described as a swift feline that jump on prey from above, and their natural environment is the wooded land of eastern Middle-earth.
== Behind the scene ==
The pard is a legendary creature commonly found in medieval bestiaries.https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast116.htm J.R.R. Tolkien may have found the inspiration for the pard in the several manuscripts of medieval bestiaries kept in the Bodleian Library in .
== References ==
Category:Creatures