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MammalMAP:   16987
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2526BB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2016-01-17
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   This is either the best or the worst leopard sighting we have ever had, depending upon one's point of view. We had spotted not the leopard, but the pair of Egyptian Geese on the rock below, and it was only when turning the binos onto the geese that we spotted the leopard. The first photo is already at maximum telephoto - the second is simply enlarged and hence pixillated. But it was a fun sighting. One always dreams of a leopard on top of a rock, and here at last was one.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   193900
Species name:   Panthera pardus
Common name:   Leopard -- Leopard
Family:   Felidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Leopard Panthera pardus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-16987
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16987 - photo: 1
VM-number: 16987 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2016-01-22 10:49:05
Species name:   Panthera pardus -- Leopard; Leopard
Species code:   193900

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