500 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
The LEOPARD (Felis pardus). 
Chita, Hindustani. Ngo, Waganda. 
Harvard, M’ Kua. Nyalugwz, Manganza. 
Ingwi, Zulu, Swazi, Matabili, Shabel, Somali. 
and Matonga. Szvert, Alomwi. 
Inkw7, Bechuana and Basuto. Tyger, Cape Dutch. 
The leopard has an even larger range than the lion, and is probably 
the most widely distributed of all the cats. Sportsmen in India 
recognise a larger “panther” and a smaller “leopard,” although 
naturalists fail to distinguish them as separate forms. The typical 
representative of the species is the larger Indian leopard. African 
leopards often have the spots on the body of smaller size, and many of 
them without light centres, like those on the head. The West African 
race is F. pardus leopardus, and large-spotted East African leopards 
have been named F. p£. suahelica and F. p. ruwenzorzz. The Somali .£. 
nanopardus is a very small light-coloured race. In Persia, Baluchistan, 
the mountains of Sind, and probably Kashmir, is found a race of the 
leopard (F-. p, panthera or tulliana), characterised by its pale colour, long 
fur, and thick tail; it is to some extent intermediate between the 
typical race and the ounce. Lastly, there is the Manchurian leopard 
(F. p. villosa or fontanier?),a very distinct animal, of heavy build, with a 
pale ground-colour to the fur, which is very long and thick, and the spots 
in the form of large complete rings. In the moist forest districts of Asia 
black leopards are by no means uncommon, and there is a tendency 
to darkening of a different type in some South African specimens. 
Some Siamese leopards, at any rate, show the jaguar-like character of 
small spots within the dark rosettes. Height at shoulder from 
about 2 feet (India) to 2 feet 4 inches (Africa). A large leopard killed 
by Lieut.-Col. L. L. Fenton in the Gir Forest, Kathiawar, measured 
7 feet 84 inches in length; the length of the tail being 354 inches, 
the girth of the neck 214 inches, of the forearm 114 inches, and 
of the body behind the shoulder 354 inches; weight, 160 lbs. 
Distribution.—Africa, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, and Asia generally, 
with the exception of Northern Siberia, the Tibetan plateau, and 
Japan. 
General Measurements—Indian Specimens. 
Length . 
before Total length Weight. Locality. Owner. 
: dressed. 
skinned. 
ft. ins. ft. ins. lbs. 
-8 6 Rod “sp Kashmir. 4 . Capt. A. G. Arbuthnot. 
-8 4 ne ei S. India . : . F. Gompertz. 
— Owner's measurements. 
