In Egypt, the leopard is found in the Sinai Peninsula. It feeds on arboreal and terrestrial vertebrates such as small deer, monkeys, squirrel, porcupines, pangolin, wild boar and birds. Arabian Leopard . A. Nützlich. 45-200. Their prey includes snakes,… [19] The Arabian leopard is threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation; prey depletion caused by unregulated hunting; trapping for the illegal wildlife trade and retaliatory killing in defense of livestock. [16] Scat analyses revealed that the main prey species comprise Arabian gazelle, Nubian ibex, Cape hare, rock hyrax, porcupine, Ethiopian hedgehog, small rodents, birds, and insects. SMART HUNTER Leopards in general are considered the smartests cats becasue they take their food on top of trees so nobody disturbs their meal and do not have to deal with scavengers like other big cats wolves and Hyenas Arabian Leopard: 1:30 meters 6. There are many sites already surveyed and considered to be suitable for preservation for leopards in the plan adopted by the national commission for wildlife conservation and development. It is a critically endangered and their population trend is still declining. [15], A detailed study of leopard distribution and habitat requirement is needed for the management of the species. With a population of 200 individuals, and decreasing, this is one of the Middle East's rarest predator's. Sri Lankan leopard. A. The Arabian leopard is an iconic species in the mountain ecosystems of Arabia. In Yemen, leopards formerly ranged in all mountainous areas of the country, including the western and southern highlands eastwards to the border with Oman. wild-cat.org — Information about leopard research and conservation: featuring the documentary, Foundation for the Protection of the Arabian Leopard in Yemen, BBC News 28 May 2007: Leopard in visit to Israeli home, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Arabian_leopard&oldid=720500322, IUCN Red List critically endangered species, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. The Persian leopard was previously considered a distinct subspecies, Panthera pardus saxicolor or Panthera pardus ciscaucasica, but is now assigned to the subspecies Panthera pardus tulliana, which also includes the Anatolian leopard in Turkey. In arid terrain, Arabian Leopards require large territories in order to find enough food and water to survive. After a gestation period of 13 weeks, females give birth to two to four cubs in a cave amidst boulders or in a burrow. The Arabian leopard, the last remaining big cat in the Middle East, is almost invisible in the canyons and dry riverbeds of Oman. Overall, this is part of what makes them difficult animals to subdue. Subpopulations are isolated and not larger than 50 mature individuals. Short review of the status of the Arabian leopard, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (. [10] The Dhofar mountain range is considered the best habitat for Arabian leopards in the country. Leopards survive on a variety of prey. They seem to concentrate on small to medium prey species, and usually store carcasses of large prey in caves or lairs but not in trees. "Rare and endangered mammals of Saudi Arabia" in: Abu-Zinada, A. H., Goriup, P. D., Nader, I. The Arabian leopard is a critically endangered species native to the mountain uplands and hilly steppes of the Arabian Peninsula. Since 1999, the regional studbook is coordinated and managed by personnel of the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife in Sharjah. The carcasses of large prey are usually stored in caves or lairs but nothing was seen to be stored in trees. Cub mortality is extremely high, as it is for many predators and solitary predators like leopards or tigers lose a great many cubs. Country/Region. Although it is not always practical, compensation for lost livestock from leopard predation should be considered. Arabian leopards and leads the regional captive breeding programme in cooperation with faci-lities in Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen.