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The Leopard
By : K.Y.
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The Leopard
By : K.Y.
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Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genius and Species Fun Facts Poem References
Kingdom : Animalia
Characteristics that place it here:
All animals are members of the kingdom Animalia. The leopard is a multicellular heterotroph that reproduces sexually. Its body is made up of cells organized into tissues, which are organized into organs.
Phylum : Chordata
Characteristics that place it here:
The leopard possesses a notochord and has a nerve cord. It also has a complete digestive system, ventral heart, and a bony and cartilaginous endoskeleton. All things in the phylum Chordata are vertebrates.
Class : Mammalia
Characteristics that place it here:
The leopard has three middle ear bones, hair or fur, a full skeleton, and a lower jaw made of a single bone. It can also produce milk by modified sweet glands called mammary glands.
Order : Carnivora
Characteristics that place it here:
The leopard eats meat with its teeth, has acute senses, has a simple stomach, and the leopard is a good long-distance runner.
Family : Felidae (subfamily - Pantherinae)
Characteristics that place it here:
The leopard has retractible claws, a short rostrum, and molars to shear prey, not to crush or grind.
Genius and Species : Panthera and Panthera Pardus
Characteristics that place it here :
The leopard kills wild animals for food and will also attack livestock and people.
The leopards are isolated over a wider area today than that of any of the other large cats.
They live all over the African continent and the Sahara Desert region.
The leopard has more than 20 subspecies described.
The leopard is capable of producing a deep sawing roar similar to that of the jaguar. The leopard is also like the jaguar in coat pattern, with dark spots.
The size of the leopard is different in different geographical regions.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/panthera/p._pardus$media.html April 17, 2002
http://www.primenet.com/~brendel/leopard.html May 15, 2002
Poem -
"The Leopard"
Leopards are big cats.
They are meat eaters with teeth
They are really cool