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A leopard can climb a tree carrying prey in its mouth.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Leopard
- Scientific name
- Panthera pardus
- Japanese name
- ヒョウ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Felidae
- Genus
- Panthera
It lives in many kinds of places, such as savannas, rainforests and semi-deserts, from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to eastern Asia.
Its pale yellowish-brown fur is covered with black markings, and its belly is white. Leopards born with black fur are called black panthers.
It is active at night and lives alone, except when a mother is raising cubs. It catches mammals, birds, fish, insects and more.
How the Leopard lives
When hunting, it walks slowly in a crouch. It carries captured prey to a secluded place, often a tree. During the heat of the day, it rests in places such as bushes, rocks or trees.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebSan Diego ZooBasic data
- Size
- Body length: 130–190 cm
- Weight
- 30–80 kg
- Lifespan
- about 10–12 years in the wild, about 20 years in captivity
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Diet
- Small to large mammals, birds, fish, insects and others
- Range
- Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, eastern Eurasia, and elsewhere
Where the Leopard has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヒョウ
- 简体中文
- 豹
- 繁體中文
- 豹
- 한국어
- 표범
- Español
- Leopardo
- Français
- Léopard
- Deutsch
- Leopard
- Português (Brasil)
- Leopardo
- Italiano
- Leopardo
- हिन्दी
- तेन्दुआ
- العربية
- نمر
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Macan tutul
- Tiếng Việt
- Báo hoa mai
- Русский
- Леопард
- Türkçe
- Pars
- ไทย
- เสือดาว
- বাংলা
- চিতাবাঘ
- اردو
- تیندوا
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 釧路市動物園 — クロヒョウChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Panthera pardusChecked: 2026-11-03
- San Diego Zoo — LeopardChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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