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Leopard (Panthera pardus)

The leopard is an agile and graceful predator. Although smaller than the other members of Panthera, the leopard is still able to take large prey given a massive skull that well utilizes powerful jaw muscles.[4] Its body is comparatively long for a cat and its legs short. Head and body length is between 90 and 190 cm, the tail reaches 60 to 110cm. Shoulder height is 45 to 80 cm. Males are considerably larger than females and weigh 37 to 90 kg compared to 28 to 60 kg for females. Exceptionally large males of 90kg have been recorded in parts of the range. A minimum of 375 by South African law can only be used on any of the big 5.