Cheetah & Leopard

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Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
nr. 011
nr. 941
•Distribution:
Almost extinguished, nowadays it lives only in African's National Parks. Once, in India, it was trained for the hunting of the gazelle.
•Appearance:
Large Cat, Greyhound like build. Spotted coat with single round black spots. Long spotted white-tipped tail, black ringed towards tip. Rounded face with a black line from inner corner of eye to corner of mouth (Tear mark).
•Habitat:
It prefers wide open spaces like the semi-desert areas or savannahs with bushes.
•Size:
Male and female: 40 to 60 Kg.

Male and female: 75 to 85 Kg.
Shoulder height: Both male and female 65-90 cm.
•Behaviour:
Nocturnal animal, but, it hunts even during the day or in the full moon period. It runs a lonesome life or in small familiar groups. Its worst enemies are: Hyenas, lions, leopards.
•Sound Sound Lions (67K Loads in approx. 22 sec.)
•Food:
Carnivore. Hare, gazelles, birds, little antelopes. 
Cheetah hunts medium sized mammals up to a mass of about 60 kg. Although if two or more cheetah hunt together larger prey can be overpowered. It does not need a lot of water because it can take the liquids that it needs from its prey.
•Reproduction:
1 to 5 off springs after a gestation period of 3 months.
•Longevity:
About 15 years.
More info on cheetahs in this book.
Reading level: Ages 9-12 
Paperback - 48 pages (January 1998) 
This informative and attractively illustrated book discusses the cheetah's physical characteristics, habitat, ways of hunting, family life, and endangerment as well as the efforts of conservationists to help the species survive. The book includes many clear full-color photographs of cheetahs in the wild.
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Leopard
Panthera pardus
nr. 940


•Distribution:
It's easy to find it inside the African and Asiatic reserve. Although considered a hunting trophy it does not run the risk of extinction.

•Appearance:
Large Cat with numerous black and brown rosettes on back and upper limbs but single, solid spots on face, lower limps and underside.
•Habitat:

Almost everywhere in the African continent. From the deep forests to the desert border till the mountains. A frozen skeleton has been found in the Kilimanjaro.
•Size:

Male: 60 to 80 kg.
Female: 50 to 70 kg.
Shoulder height: Both male and female 70 cm.
•Behaviour:
Mostly nocturnal.
•Sound Sound Lions (67K Loads in approx. 22 sec.)
•Food:

Carnivore. It feeds with little or medium mammals, birds, but sometimes it can hunt preys much bigger than the previous ones. It does not need a lot of water because the liquids of its prey are enough for it.
•Reproduction:
2 or 3 kittens every year after 3 to 5 months of gestation.
•Longevity:

Almost 20 years.
 
Leopards (Endangered)
More info on leopards in this book.
Reading level: Ages 9-12 
Library Binding - 32 pages (December 1996)
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