Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Leopard or cheetah?

  • sarahhedley by sarahhedley

    Not sure on this one, I see a few hollow spots and some solid. I know that leopard's can have some solid near the head and it appears more solidly built and stockier than a cheetah. What do you think?

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  • dms246 by dms246 moderator

    The spots look more cheetah-ish to me, and I think maybe the foreshortening effect of the angle of this shot is making the animal look more solidly built than it actually is. I checked out some photos of cheetah and leopard ear markings, and the impression I got was that cheetahs have a dark base to the back of the ear with a lighter top half, whereas leopards have a dark base and a dark tip, with a white area in between. The ears in this shot appear to more cheetah-like in marking.

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  • sarahhedley by sarahhedley

    Great thanks 😃

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