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== Habits ==

== Habits ==

Leopards are solitary predators. They habitually climb trees, commonly storing their prey in a forked branch.

Leopards are solitary predators. They habitually climb trees and commonly store their prey in a forked branch, just out of reach of competitive predators like hyenas.

Leopards are prone to attacking and eating domestic [[dog]]s.

Leopards are prone to attacking and eating domestic [[dog]]s.

== Man-eating leopards ==

== Man-eating leopards ==

Although man-eating leopards are much rarer than man-eating [[tiger]]s, the Panar leopard claimed over 400 victims and the Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag managed to eat at least 125 [[India]]n [[pilgrimage|pilgrims]] before it was shot by [[Jim Corbett]].

Although man-eating leopards are much rarer than man-eating [[tiger]]s, the Panar leopard claimed over 400 victims, and the Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag managed to eat at least 125 [[India]]n [[pilgrimage|pilgrims]] before it was shot by [[Jim Corbett]].

== Biblical references ==

== Biblical references ==

==Leopards in popular culture==

==Leopards in popular culture==

''[[The Jungle Book]]'' by Rudyard Kipling features a major character named Bagheera, a black Indian leopard who is a mentor figure to Mowgli and is one of his friends. He is well-known as a powerful hunter, as bold as a buffalo and as reckless as an elephant as is described, and he is one of the most feared animals in the jungle just after Shere Khan the tiger. "Mowgli's Brothers" reveals that Bagheera was born in captivity in a king's palace, but after his mother died, he broke out of his cage and escaped into the wild, where he became a feared predator. The Disney movies - both 1967 and 2016 - have him be a sterner character yet just as devoted to Mowgli's safety and well-being.

''[[The Jungle Book]]'' by Rudyard Kipling features a major character named Bagheera, a black Indian leopard who mentors Mowgli and is one of his friends. He is well known as a powerful hunter, as bold as a buffalo and as reckless as an elephant, as described, and he is one of the most feared animals in the jungle, just after Shere Khan, the tiger. "Mowgli's Brothers" reveals that Bagheera was born in captivity in a king's palace, but after his mother died, he broke out of his cage and escaped into the wild, where he became a feared predator. The Disney movies - both 1967 and 2016 - portray him as a sterner character, yet just as devoted to Mowgli's safety and well-being.

The ''Warriors'' book series does not feature leopards in the main story, but cats regard leopards with reverence as they believe that they had inherited their hunting skills. One story has a leopardess win her Clan hunting rights to the river by killing two wild boars that were attacking the big cat Clans. Cats are even sometimes named after them, like Leopardfur.

The ''Warriors'' book series does not feature leopards in the main story, but cats regard leopards with reverence as they believe that they have inherited their hunting skills. One story tells of a leopardess winning her Clan's hunting rights to the river by killing two wild boars that were attacking the big cat Clans. Cats are even sometimes named after them, like Leopardfur.

==See also==

==See also==