African Leopard

[stuck tendon]

The African leopard while being the smaller of the big cats, is known well for his ability to hide effortlessly in trees, rock formations and grasses. The spots are the best example of natural bio-camouflage patterns.

These guys are pretty skittish on the whole, however they have been known to attack a variety of large game like Nyala, Impala, sable to name a few. As well as birds, baboons and vervet monkeys. Attacks on people are not common but certainly are not rare.

Without question a very cool addition should it come to the game as a backfill for Vurhonga, or as one of the flagship species for a second Africa map.

Unique mechanics would certainly be finding these guys nestled up trees during the day.

[stuck tendon]

These guys are also very hard to find irl!

I’ve been out here since April and I’ve only seen 1!

[cursive raptor]

Saw these on my last hunting trip. Fresh tracks from the local Lopard Tom who was eating all the farmers big Impala rams. This Tom lives in on a limestone koppie on the farm, you can see him on the Riebelton Safaris Instagram

[fading sluice]

Seeing as Leopards literally evolved to be great hunters of our Hominin ancestors like Australopithecus, I think having them be a dangerous species that ambushes you would be amazing to see.

Seeing the Indian Leopard added to Sundarpatan would be cool to see as well.

[radiant hinge]

how leopards bit australopithecus

[thorny minnow]

While on a 3 week safari, the closest I’ve gotten to seeing a leopard was someone else found some leopard tracks in the area
Leopards are crazy stealthy

[fading sluice]

They’re Africas Cougars. They’ve probably seen you hundreds of times and you wouldn’t even know it.

[stuck tendon]

We say for every one you see 20 have seen you

[stuck tendon]

For variants?

[cursive raptor]

I hope I'm allowed to post this here, but I've never seen a leopard chase buffalo before

https://youtube.com/shorts/tbITQXvGAgI?si=70TVge-BXrrrBmiG

[stuck tendon]

Super cool

[haughty plover]

I had a little concept about the Indian leopard and the clouded leopard being added to sundarpartan in https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1321273312223166464

[broken warren]

Leopards and Cheetahs Are Both Tied for my Most Wanted African Species List so Count Me In!

[stuck tendon]

Beautiful

[cyan schooner]

if i remember correctly, the patterns are literally different for each leopard, it would be nice if one day we have it in the game, see that, the fact that the points are different for each animal encountered

[nimble ember]

TruSpots

[stuck tendon]

You are correct, each individual rosette is unique to the animal

These are also the big five animal that scares me the most

[thorny minnow]

(Showing a Bunch of fur colors)

White footed

Melanistic

Piebald

Pseudo Melanistic

King

Cobweb (Vitiligo)

Strawberry

Red

Pale white

[blissful oracle]

Amur Leopard?

[thorny minnow]

Yes it’s an Amur leopard, but that white paw is a fur mutation

[blissful oracle]

Indian Leopard, it is common

[thorny minnow]

One is from India, the other is from Kenya

[blissful oracle]

Yes, the very dark, the Indian one

[thorny minnow]

Yep

[cursive raptor]

I think we really NEED leopard on Vurhonga and on almost any future African maps, seeming that they inhabited so much of Africa at one point

[broken warren]

Perfect!
Btw Have any Plans for an African Cheetah Post?! just Outta Curiosity is all

[cursive raptor]

I haven't made one and I'm not really planning on at this time, but I think they'd also make a good addition to vurhongas central plains as it is very reminiscent of their preferred habitat

[blissful oracle]

Can EW make the leopard climb trees when the bait is placed up high?

[cursive raptor]

I hope so, that would be an amazing feature

[blissful oracle]

Yeah!

[cursive raptor]

If EW gives us leopard we can't have them not drag prey into trees, it'd be such a disappointment

[haughty plover]

Ouu that could give way to a chance encounter like the tiger stalk but this leopard could jump and attack the player or roar loud enough that other animals in the area would flee . Another behavior would be the leopard hunting and dragging carcass and the drag marks could be a tracking option other than foot prints and poop . New single and multi mounts could be added with never seen before tree branches in multi mounts

[cursive raptor]

I'd love to see leopard "feed zones" as a carcass in a tree

[blissful oracle]

If you want the leopard, you know what to do. Upvote for the next African map!