Panthera pardus
Statut de Conservation (Liste Rouge de l'UICN):
Vulnérable (VU)
It doesn’t want to be seen — and often, it isn’t. The leopard moves through shadow, silence, and cover. It climbs with ease, vanishes into tall grass, waits in trees. Solitary by nature, it avoids conflict and attention.
It eats what it can catch: antelope, monkeys, birds, sometimes even fish. It drags its kill into branches to keep it safe. Leopards live in many places — savannas, forests, rocky hills. Few big cats are as adaptable. But even so, they’re threatened by encroachment and fear.
Powerful, elusive, and always watching — the leopard is rarely the first animal you see. But it might be the one that sees you.
