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16 November 2016, 05:48
Colin Castelli
Any information on this Leopard
I found this picture in a Russian (I think) hunting magazine. Unfortunately, I cannot read Russian and cannot get the article to OCR for computer translation. Does anyone have any information on this Leopard?



Colin
16 November 2016, 05:59
Leopardtrack
Wow, that's an interesting cat! I wonder how he lost his upper canines?

He's an old Leopard for sure but by the look of his remaining teeth, he's not THAT old..maybe 8 or 9 years old.

Hopefully someone will have some info..
16 November 2016, 06:02
Slider
Prehistoric!!!
16 November 2016, 07:56
Colin Castelli
I was able to do a little image manipulation and get OCR to work, cleaned it up and ran it through Google Translate. Here is all the facts from the article:

Taken: 20 October 2015
Location: Zimbabwe (in an area where lights are legal for leopard)

It is believed that it was a birth defect leading to a shortened upper jaw (think serious underbite in a human) and they don't think the upper canines ever grew. They estimate the cat to be about 9 years old, weighed 73kg and was thought to be in poor health.

Very interesting that the cat was able to survive for nine years with this defect.
16 November 2016, 11:05
Nakihunter
Very interesting. Just a guess - Might have been a single cub. It may not have survived any competition if it had a sibling.


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16 November 2016, 11:47
Bakes
Edmond speaks Russian doesn't he? Is he about?



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16 November 2016, 23:23
ledvm
Mandibular prognathism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognathism


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16 November 2016, 23:28
Caracal
quote:
Originally posted by Colin Castelli:
I was able to do a little image manipulation and get OCR to work, cleaned it up and ran it through Google Translate. Here is all the facts from the article:

Taken: 20 October 2015
Location: Zimbabwe (in an area where lights are legal for leopard)

It is believed that it was a birth defect leading to a shortened upper jaw (think serious underbite in a human) and they don't think the upper canines ever grew. They estimate the cat to be about 9 years old, weighed 73kg and was thought to be in poor health.

Very interesting that the cat was able to survive for nine years with this defect.

A 73kg (160lbs) Cat that was already in poor condition Big Grin ? Interesting


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17 November 2016, 00:13
AilsaWheels
quote:
Originally posted by ledvm:
Mandibular prognathism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognathism



Doc, as a kitten with this condition, would it have had a hard time nursing?