Leopards

Leopards are magnificent creatures. They are graceful and powerful big cats and are also closely related to lions, tigers, and jaguars. They live in sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China. However, many of their populations are endangered, especially the outside of Africa. The leopard is very strong and comfortable in trees. They they bring their dead prey into the branches. By dragging the bodies of large animals into a tree. Most leopards are light colored with distinctive dark spots that are called rosettes, because they mimic the shape of a rose. Black leopards, which appear to be almost solid in color because their spots are hard to distinguish, are commonly called black panthers.

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