Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)

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Photo by Saumya Wanniarachchi

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Tawny rusty yellow coat with closed rosettes . Smaller than the India leopard, sub adult .Endemic Subspecies, endangered due to poaching. This particular leopard was so calm and walked right beside our vehicle. This is the first time Im seeing a leopard.

Habitat:

Found on Wilpaththu national park. They are known to be solitary hunters .

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Comments (33)

Saumya Wanniarachchi

Thank you very much Antonio ,Smith zoo, Gilma , Nuwan and Dilan ! :)

Dilan Chathuranga

Congrats Sau!This leopard gave us number of unforgettable memories.These shots are excellent!

NuwanChathuranga

belated congratulations!

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Beautiful!! Saumya Wanniarachchi, you are so lucky to be able to see it.

Smith Zoo

Incredible!

AntónioGinjaGinja

Aewsome spotting Saumya Wanniarachchi,just gorgeous animal,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

Saumya Wanniarachchi

Thank You Kel a big hug back :) :) And Thank you Sachin ! :)

Sachin Zaveri

Congratulations Saumya !!

Sckel

these are great photos. congratulations dear. a big hug from Brazil. :)

Saumya Wanniarachchi

Thank you MacChristiansen :)

MacChristiansen

Congratulations on your SOTD Saumya

Saumya Wanniarachchi

Thank you very much armadeus ! :)

Liana

Congratulations on your SOTD Saumya!!!

Saumya Wanniarachchi

Thank u Bhagi ! :) :D and Adi ! Thax, wow u remember that too ! :)

Adarsha B S

A big congratulations for the second SOTD twinnoooooo! Purple scarf is rocking again..A great spotting and a rare sight,,, Keep going ya!

Bhagya Herath

Congratulations Sau.... proud of you.....

Saumya Wanniarachchi

Thank you very much Karen and Mark ! Its A great Honor !

Mark Ridgway

Fantastic spotting. Congratulations on SOTD and thanks for showing this one.

KarenL

Congrats Saumya, your rare glimpse of an endangered Sri Lankan leopard is our Spotting of the Day. The population is believed to be declining because of poaching and human-leopard conflicts. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/10154557721200603 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/507368428202496000

Saumya Wanniarachchi

Tank you very much Daniel,Antonio,Bhagi ,armadeus and Cha for all your lovely comments ! ! :)

Chamalka Dulmini

Great time sauuu.lovely spotting.

Liana

Wow! What an incredible experience Saumya! Thank you so much for sharing :)

Bhagya Herath

ohhhhh lovely spottings of our handsome proud guy..... i stated to believe in ''love at first site'' at the movement i saw him Sau....

AntónioGinjaGinja

Beautiful spotting Saumya Wanniarachchi ,congrats and thanks for sharing

DanielePralong

Great sighting and photos Saumya!