Can you know a Leopard by its spots?
Category: Mammals | Date: May 19 2009 | By: tumaren
I was having a look at some of our past cameratrap pictures and looking closer at the Leopard images in order to see if i could identify the individuals. I reckoned at first that the first two cats were the same and the third was a second cat. The size of the first two males looks about the same and i suppose that is why i assumed they were the same. The third looked more juvenile, not yet with all the fat around his upper body, neck and head. Anyway, have a look at these three cats and tell me your opinion:
Here is the first one. notice the sort of spiral around one central rousette three quarters down his left back end.
Now compare that same area to this cat caughtabout 2kms away. he is about the same size but that funny rousette does not appear on this animals rear end.
Now, here is the third animals left rear. he appeared significantly smaller than the previsous two cats in the other images we got of him.
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5 Responses to “Can you know a Leopard by its spots?”
sauwah, on 19 May 2009
you have good eyes. i can’t tell at all. but again, i can be so blind. any rain fall in your area at all? i heard the river is flowing because rain falls every where except for samburu.
tumaren, on 19 May 2009
Hi,
No rain . its actually very distressing. rain in our area too is everywhere except on. seeing it go by makes me feel like i’m choking on sand. cheers, jc
tumaren, on 19 May 2009
Sorry, i jusst reread my post and realized that i hadnt made myself clear. I think what we have here is three different individuals rather than two (my original conclusion)
Anna, on 19 May 2009
I think these three cats are all different animals, the left back legs on each one are completely different. Hope you get some rain soon!
Zarek, on 21 May 2009
Looks like 3 individuals. The spot pattern is different on all three. The two most similar patterns are on the second and third, but as you say, there is a size difference.
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