Whic leopard wanna you see
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That’s actually one of the reasons I d like the Persian leopard… yes it’s from Asia, but it’s from a region that doesn’t just have no cats so far, it has almost no animals at all.
I would love the Arabian even though they aren’t in zoos. They look extremely unique and offer a whole new biome for big cats and have a huge conservation motive. I would be happy with Persian too if they can stretch that to desert tags. West Asia needs representation. I would also rather prefer small cats over any panthera pardus representative at the moment. (Also if anyone knows and can clarify, aren’t jaguars the closest relative to leopards because they evolved from leopards that stayed on the South American plate when Africa and South America split? If im wrong please correct me I love learning new things)
No, jaguars are most closely related to lions. The similar appearance between jaguars and leopards is a result of convergent evolution.
So jaguars derived from lions (or a common ancestor) that split and stayed on the South American plate. Interesting. We’re panthera attrox and panthera spealea also closer related to panthera Leo? And if so, is panthera Leo the most basal of the big cats? Cause I thought their unique adaptations from other big cats would make them more derived
No,… Africa and SA split looooooooong before big cats evolved.
Ok got you I must’ve been misinformed. They came over from the Bering land bridge then
I'm not an expert. I'm also going to own my error here and say I was looking at older information - in actuality, lions and leopards are more closely related. Sorry about that. The origin of the genus Panthera is actually in Central Asia; the oldest known specimen is Panthera blytheae, which is morphologically most similar to the snow leopard, but the Asian cats are the oldest. There is also an extinct European jaguar (Panthera gombaszogensis).
I've been inspired by @Leaf Productions and I'd like a Leopards of southern Quibec pack
I don't really agree with this sentiment at all. I think it's more important to focus on what's common and realistic in zoos instead of striking some sort of balance that doesn't really translate to how real world zoos function at all.
Besides, even if we were to try and seek some sort of balance between Asian/African cats, I'd still go with an Asian leopard and let Africa catch up with the serval, caracal, and sand cat. ...and then put Asia back into the lead again by adding the fishing cat and Pallas cat.
We really need a LOT more cats, y'all.
I agree with this entirely. This "balance" people talk about, whether its between regions or biomes, is actually meaningless when you think about it.
I thought I was the only one.
I’ve seen it probably a dozen times and it didn’t actually register as a typo until immediately before i saw this post lol
edit: referring to “wanna you” but “Whic” is there too
edit: referring to “wanna you” but “Whic” is there too
Amur, and Africa
I would love an Indian Leopard in an Indian pack with
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I don't have a strong preference between the Amur leopard and Persian leopard, but the former has more to work with in terms of coming with some kind of Eurasian/steppe pack. Because what I really want is a takin...