5 Species Of Wild Leopards Found In India

Leopards are the member of the Felidae and very much similar in appearance to the jaguar, And the melanistic are known as black panther. There are four types of Wild Leopards found in India, named as Indian Leopard, Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard and Black Leopard.

# Indian Leopard

Indian leopard is one of five big cats found in India, found in and around around tiger habitats but not so common where tiger density is high. The spotted leopards are listed as Vulnerable, inhabits tropical rainforest to dry area of Indian subcontinent.

# Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard is a large wild cat, classified as Vulnerable and mostly occurred in high altitudes of the Himalayas in India. The gray with black spot leopard habitat in the snow capped Indian Himalayas, Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary in Himachal is one of the best place spot Snow Leopard in India.

# Clouded Leopard

Clouded Leopard is the small species of Indian big cats, listed as Vulnerable and found at range of Himalayan foothills in North East India.The solitary cat is most talented climbers of trees, occurs in Indian states of Meghalaya, Tripura and Manas National Park of Assam is one of the best place to spot Clouded Leopard in India.

# Black Leopard/ Black Panther

The melanistic colour variant of Indian Leopard is known as Black Panther, Found in Nagarhole National Park, Tadoba National Park and in Kabini Wildlife Sanctuary.Black Panther or Black Leopard only reported from some of the dense rain forest areas of southern India, Kabini Sanctuary is best place to spot Black Leopard in India.

# Cat Leopard/ Leopard Cat

The leopard cat is actually not a species of big cats but is a small wild cat found in the Indian Subcontinent. They are solitary, carnivorous and differ widely in fur colour, tail length, size depending on habitat and found feeding on a variety of prey.