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    Leopards
    Leopards
    Leopards
    Ebook74 pages41 minutes

    Leopards

    By Claire Throp

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    Here’s an animal lover’s one-stop source for in-depth information on leopards! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about leopards, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these beautiful creatures.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJul 1, 2014
    ISBN9781484611586
    Leopards
    Author

    Claire Throp

    Claire Throp has worked in publishing for over 20 years. She has written children's nonfiction books on a range of subjects, including sport, history, and wildlife.

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      Book preview

      Leopards - Claire Throp

      Contents

      What Are Big Cats?

      What Are Leopards?

      How Are Leopards Classified?

      Where Do Leopards Live?

      What Adaptations Help Leopards Survive?

      What Do Leopards Eat?

      What Is a Leopard’s Life Cycle?

      How Do Leopards Behave?

      How Intelligent Are Leopards?

      What Threats Do Leopards Face?

      How Can People Help Leopards?

      What Does the Future Hold for Leopards?

      Leopard Profile

      Glossary

      Find Out More

      Index

      Some words are shown in bold, like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

      What Are Big Cats?

      What’s that up in the tree? It’s a leopard finding a place to rest in the heat of the day. Leopards are far more active at night when it’s cooler. That’s when they do most of their hunting.

      Mammals

      Big cats such as leopards are mammals. Mammals have fur or hair on their body and use lungs to breathe. Most give birth to live young, and mammal babies feed on milk from their mother. Does this description sound familiar? It should—humans are also mammals.

      Cats

      There are 36 species in the cat family, including the domestic cat you might have at home! But only a small number are known informally as big cats. One definition of big cats includes all the species of Panthera or roaring cats. Tigers are the largest of the roaring cats, followed by lions, jaguars, and leopards. Some scientists also describe the cheetah, puma, snow leopard, and clouded leopard as big cats.

      Cats are great hunters, usually searching for food at night because their vision is often a lot better than that of their prey, and because it’s cooler. All their senses are excellent, helped by rotating ears and sensitive vibrissae (whiskers).

      LENGTH OF HAIR

      The hairs of an Amur leopard’s coat change in length from summer to winter. In summer, they are about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) long but in winter they grow to 3 inches (nearly 7 centimeters).

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