### animal | vertebrate | mammal | feline:

Leopard
* All leopards have black spots.
* Many leopards inhabit the park as do buffalo and waterbuck.
* Most leopard frogs leap into water.
* Most leopards are pale tan, and are marked with broken circles of black spots
  - eat prey
* Most leopards have canine teeth
  - faces
  - tails
* Most leopards kill animals
  - antelopes
  - hyenas
  - large animals
* Most leopards live in Africa
  - mountains
  - regions
  - mark territory
  - pull prey
  - seek prey
  - wait for prey
* Some leopard frogs live in meadows
  - wet meadows
  - up to years
  - leopards are melanistic, which produces a black fur
* Some leopards eat antelopes
  - gibbons
  - marmots
* Some leopards have different patterns
  - rosette patterns
  - spot patterns
* Some leopards kill calves
  - deer
  - goats
  - livestock
  - mothers
* Some leopards live in Asia
  - Kenya
  - countries
  - forests
  - jungle
  - on mountains
  - threaten livestock
* adapt to changes in their environment well, but are beginning to decline in numbers.
* also eat smaller animals including rodents, rabbits, and even large insects
  - roam, but catching a glimpse of one rare treat
* always go for the weak or young.
* are a threatened species due to loss of habitat, loss of prey, and over-hunting
  - agile and have been known to leap from trees on to prey
  - also the best tree climbers
  - amazingly well camouflaged and they are dead quiet when walking
  - among the most widely distributed wild cats
  - basically solitary and go out of their way to avoid one another
* are beautiful and ferocious animals and generally come out during night
  - animals with a silky coat
* are big and smart felines that feed on meat from multiple animals
  - on spraying too
  - carnivores
  - endangered species
  - excellent climbers and like to ambush prey from above
  - extremely territorial animals
  - fast runners, good swimmers and excellent tree climbers
* are found in a variety of habitats including forests, mountains, grassland and deserts
  - the wild from South Africa to the far East of Russia
  - gold, camel, tan and brown
  - graceful and powerful big cats closely related to lions, tigers, and jaguars
  - great generalists in terms of habitat use
  - less protected than tigers as they often move out of the sanctuaries in search of food
  - loners
  - mammals
  - medium-sized cats found in a range of colors from pale yellow to gray to chestnut
  - more difficult to spot on safari, since they move mainly at night
  - most active at night, but they are also eternal opportunists
  - native to much of Africa and Asia
  - nearly always solitary, except for brief courtship's and mating periods
  - nocturnal because in the midday leopards climb into trees and rest
  - operating systems
  - opportunistic hunters
  - panthers
  - plentiful in zoos making placement for offspring difficult
  - predatory animals
  - predominantly solitary animals and have large hunting territories
  - primarily nocturnal, usually resting during the daytime in trees or thick bush
  - rare and, normally, extremely shy
  - resident and are often encountered on night drives
  - so cunning that they often outsmart humans
* are solitary and territorial animals
  - creatures, who depend solely on themselves for their survival
  - solitary, nocturnal, and secretive cats
  - still to be found in Israel and Jordan
  - strong enough to kill a large antelope, and are excellent tree climbers
  - the foremost predators of gorillas
* are the most adaptable of the big cats
  - aggressive of the large carnivores when wounded or cornered
  - beautiful and graceful animals on earth
  - dargerous kind of big cat, in the cat family
  - feared of the wild cats in Africa, due to their cunning hunting behavior
* are the most successful hunters of the cat family
* are the only African big cat which habitat ranges from rain forests to the desert
  - animals in their range that have the ability to kill an adult gorilla
  - widest-ranging big cat, and one of the most adaptable
* are very good at stalking their prey
  - opportunistic animals and have an extremely flexible diet
* can adapt to almost any environment
  - change their spots
* can climb the trees
  - very well
  - drag three times their own body weight high into the tree tops
  - hoist twice their body weight up a tree
  - kill calves rather than a fully grown nilgai unlike the lion
* can live in forests, grasslands, swampy areas, and dry desert-like regions
  - the wild a long time
* concentrates on developing speed and agility.
* cub in hollow tree trunk.
* currently range from the tip of southern Africa to the Far East.
* eat birds, monkeys, gazelles, wild pigs, antelope, and cattle
  - the nose, heart, tungs, and liver
* exist and can be spotted on the night drives.
* feed on a wide variety of prey.
* frogs live in ponds and wet areas.
* grows and keeps filling out until they are two years old.
* have a distinctive call that sounds like a wood plank being cut with a saw
  - an unusual language
  - claws that are retractable, hooked, and very sharp
  - tall trees to climb and eat in
  - widest range of any species of cat in Africa and Asia
  - very thin coats of fur
* hunt prey.
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - pads
  - paws
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
* is fur
* is the main predator of okapi
  - only natural enemy of the okapi in the wild
* like to eat animals
  - stay in trees more than any cat
* live a solitary life except when mating.
* live in Africa and Asia
  - jaguars live in South and Central America
  - a variety of habitats including forests , mountains, grassland and deserts
  - the Middle East, parts of Asia, and Africa
* occurs in both the spotted and black phases.
* often store their kills in trees, out of the reach of lions and hyenas.
* prefer rocky mountain areas and forests.
* represent significant cause of death for adult okapi.
* reproduce sexually through the mating of males and females.
* roam the yellowwood forests and hyenas howl as they scavenge urban detritus by night.
* seals prey on penguins and small seals as well as on krill , squid, and fish.
* share terrains.
* sleep on tree limbs without falling.
* spend a lot of their time on trees and are forest animals
  - time in trees, often sleeping draped over a branch
* tend to eat antelopes and similarly sized herd animals
  - stay well hidden in brush and trees
* usually cover their prey with leaves
  - eat their entire skin in the process of shedding