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Leopard Society, leopard men, and Anyoto were names used for one or more secret societies that operated in West and Central Africa approximately between 1890 and 1935. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was believed that members of the society could transform into leopards through the use of witchcraft. [ 3 ]
Men and a child with a newly shot leopard in Banten, West Java, circa 1915–1926. The Javan leopard is threatened by loss of habitat, prey base depletion, and poaching due to human population growth and agricultural expansion. [1] Conflict between local people and leopards is also considered to be a main threat to the Javan leopard. [6]
Tarzan and the Leopard Men is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the eighteenth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan.The story was serialized in The Blue Book Magazine from August 1932 to January 1933, and published in book form in 1935.
Ekpe Ekoi skin-covered headdress. Ekpe is a mysterious spirit who is supposed to live in the jungle and to preside at the ceremonies of the society. Members of the Ekpe society are said to act as messengers of the ancestors (ikan).
The Leopard is a novel by Jamaican writer, V. S. Reid. It portrays the hardships of the Kenyan people during the time of the Mau Mau Rebellion . Novels similar to The Leopard , such as Caroline Elkins ’s Imperial Reckoning (2005), as well as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ’s Petals of Blood (1977) also reflect events during the Mau Mau uprising.
Leopards inhabiting the mountains of the Cape Provinces appear smaller and less heavy than leopards further north. [18] Leopards in Somalia and Ethiopia are also said to be smaller. [19] The skull of a West African leopard specimen measured 11.25 in (286 mm) in basal length, and 7.125 in (181.0 mm) in breadth, and weighed 1 lb 12 oz (0.79 kg).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Variant of leopard and jaguar For other uses, see Black panther (disambiguation). A melanistic Indian leopard in Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca). Black panthers of both ...
The leopard population has decreased drastically in Arabia as shepherds and villagers kill leopards in retaliation for attacks on livestock. In addition, hunting of leopard prey species such as hyrax and ibex by local people and habitat fragmentation, especially in the Sarawat Mountains, made the continued survival of the leopard population ...