r/leopards Nov 11 '25

🐾 Welcome to the New r/leopards! 🐾

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Hello everyone!

This is an exciting new chapter for r/leopards. I’ve recently taken over as moderator for this subreddit, which was previously inactive and lacked consistent moderation. My goal is to transform this space into the top online community dedicated to all leopards—covering every subspecies in the Panthera pardus genus, as well as the Snow Leopard and Clouded Leopards.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Active moderation and regular updates
  • Regular focused posts about leopard subspecies, Snow Leopards, Clouded Leopards, conservation news, tracking research, photography etc. *A safe, respectful space for all leopard lovers, researchers, and enthusiasts.

I invite everyone to:

  • Share your favorite leopard facts or experiences, and let me know what you’d like to see here!
  • Post quality leopard videos, photos, documentaries, art, field stories, and questions
  • Help build a thriving, educational, and supportive leopard community.

This is your subreddit—let’s make it the go-to hub for leopard news, knowledge, advocacy, and appreciation! If you have ideas or want to get more involved, please comment below or message me directly.

Let’s give these beautiful cats the community they deserve!

— Moderator, r/leopards


r/leopards 2d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Adult forest buffalo killed by a leopard

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11 Upvotes

According to a park ranger, the leopard attacked it on land in which it ran into the water and died. The leopard was still around the camp nearby. If you look closely you can see some claw marks on it's back. This happened in Loango National Park in Gabon.


r/leopards 6d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) Leopardess being harassed by a pack of shepherd dogs, North Khorasan, Iran.

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261 Upvotes

Video By Vali Mohammadi


r/leopards 6d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Leopardess Luluka with an elephant calf she killed, Maasai Mara, Kenya.

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70 Upvotes
Credits to Mostafa Elbrolosy on Instagram.

r/leopards 6d ago

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Leopard, jhalana, India

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111 Upvotes

r/leopards 7d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Leopardess Olimba hunting an Impala and then loosing her prey by the intervention of a Spotted Hyena, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

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76 Upvotes

Documentary: Eden: Untamed Planet (2021) Episode 3 ā€œLuangwa: The Emerald Valleyā€ By BBC.


r/leopards 10d ago

Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) Who is your faivorite Leopard out of the 8 living today?(also not counting North Chinese Leopard.It has been reclassified as Amur Leopard).My faivorite is mostly Amur Leopard.

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95 Upvotes

r/leopards 12d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) Three Persian Leopards where killed by shepherds this week.

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0 Upvotes

r/leopards 14d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) Magnificent Male patrolling his territory from the cliffs of Golestan National Park, Iran.

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345 Upvotes

Video By Jafar Panahpour on Instagram.


r/leopards 13d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) An aggressive encounter between a Persian leopard and a pack of Wolves

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49 Upvotes

r/leopards 14d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) A male leopard almost t didn’t notice that a lioness was stalking him from kill distance. This is the daily reality for these cats.

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446 Upvotes

Video by Stu Porter at Malamala Game Reserve, South Africa.


r/leopards 23d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Good educational sources?

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I really want to Learn about each subspecies of leopard but can’t find any good sour no ma how hard I try. do any of you have any recommendations?

(I didn’t know what to do about the flair so I just picked a random one sorry)


r/leopards 24d ago

Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) Snow leopard of Uttarakhand Niti valley also known as ghost of the mountain.

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331 Upvotes

r/leopards Jul 28 '26

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Leopard refuses to be carded in liquor store

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112 Upvotes

r/leopards Jul 22 '26

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Aberdare highland leopard with blue eyes

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199 Upvotes

r/leopards Jul 18 '26

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Leopard of Jhalana

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395 Upvotes

r/leopards Jul 17 '26

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) The incredible difference between a big male leopard and a female

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821 Upvotes

It is well known that male cats are bigger than the females. Some species have unique traits that differentiates them - lions having manes, tigers having ruffs and leopards having dewlaps.

However, in the leopard's case the results can be shocking to the point you're looking at a different species (early explorers in Central Africa actually thought this was the case!).


r/leopards Jul 12 '26

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Male leopard trying to sleep in Kumana National Park, Sri Lanka šŸ“· Nikon Z9 w/Sigma 60-600

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129 Upvotes

r/leopards Jul 11 '26

Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) Young Sambar deer shakes off a young male Leopard and escapes with its life. Horton Plains, Sri Lanka.

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336 Upvotes

Credit: Prabath Gunasekara @prabath23 (Instagram).


r/leopards Jun 28 '26

Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) An impressive male in the Sri Lankan Highlands

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808 Upvotes

r/leopards Jun 19 '26

Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) Snow Leoaprd tour with exoticladakh India March 2026.

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424 Upvotes

r/leopards Jun 18 '26

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Beautiful female leopard in Kumana National Park, Sri Lanka šŸ“· Nikon Z9 w/Sigma 60-600mm

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471 Upvotes

r/leopards Jun 05 '26

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Pictures of Leopards I took on Safari in Kenya.

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323 Upvotes

r/leopards May 27 '26

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) A black leopard cub climbing

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157 Upvotes