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All About Leopards
Leopards, tigers, lions and jaguars are all called big cats. Big
cats are different from pet cats. They are much bigger and they
can roar.
Habitat
Leopards live in jungles, mountains,
grasslands and even swamps! They live
alone for most of the time.
Diet
Leopards hunt for food at night. They are
carnivores and eat deer, fish, monkeys
and birds. They are good climbers and
watch their prey from trees. Then, they
jump and pounce on their prey. After that,
they drag the prey up to the branches
and eat it in safety.
Fun Facts
• A baby leopard is called a cub.
• A leopard’s tail is as long as its body!
Did You Know...?

• Leopards look similar to jaguars but
they are smaller.
• There are different types of leopards
but sadly they are all endangered
in the wild.
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Leopards
Questions
1. What are leopards, tigers and jaguars all known as? Select one.
little cats
big cats
pet cats
2. Where do leopards live? Select one.

in the desert
in the Arctic
in jungles, mountains, grasslands and swamps
3. What do leopards eat? Select one.

plants
trees
meat
4. What is a baby leopard called? Select one.

a cub
a jaguar
a carnivore
5. Which other animals do leopards look similar to? Select one.

tigers
jaguars
deer

All About Leopards
Leopards are part of the cat family. This family includes big
cats, such as lions, cheetahs, jaguars and tigers, and also pet
cats. There are many different types of leopard but they are
all endan ered or e a ple there are only a o t r
leopards living in the wild.
Habitat
Leopards can live in many different places. Some like to live
high up in the mountains and others prefer to live in rainforests,
grasslands, deserts or even swamps! All leopards are excellent
climbers and are very strong. They use their long tails to help
them balance when they are high in the trees.
Diet
Leopards are carnivores but
they eat lots of different types
of meat. For example, they will
eat birds, rodents or reptiles
if they annot nd lar e
mammals, such as deer.
When they kill their prey,
leopards usually drag it up high
into a tree to eat immediately.
Sometimes they keep the prey
in the branches so they can eat
it later.
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All About Leopards
Fun Facts
• Leopards are brilliant nocturnal hunters. They can hunt, even
when it is really dark.
• Baby leopards, called cubs, are born blind and weigh
only 500g.
• Leopards can live up to around 12 to 15 years in the wild.
Did You Know...?

• Leopards are brilliant nocturnal hunters. Even if it is dark,
they can hunt in the dark.
• Leopards have a keen sense of hearing and an excellent sense
of sight.
• They have long and sensitive whiskers to feel movement.
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Leopards
Questions
1. What are leopards, tigers, lions and jaguars all known as? Select one.
leopards
cats
lions
2. Where do leopards live? Select one.
Leopards live in the Arctic.

Leopards live in lots of different habitats.
Leopards are excellent climbers and are very strong.
3. Look at the Fun Facts section. Use the drop down menu to choose the
correct ending for each sentence.
a) Adult leopards
b) Baby leopards
4. Look at the Diet section. Find and copy a word which describes how
quickly leopards usually eat their prey.
5. How do leopards hunt in the dark?

All About Leopards
Leopards are part of the same family as domestic cats and share
many similar features. For example, all cats are mammals and
carnivores. Leopards, however, belong to a group known as
‘big cats’. Big cats, such as leopards, tigers, lions, jaguars and
cheetahs, are different from domestic cats because they are able
to roar.
Habitat
Leopards have adapted to many
different habitats and therefore
they can be found in many
different parts of the world. Some
live in rainforests, some mountains
and some live in swamps! Sadly,
however, most types of leopard are
endangered in the wild. The most
endangered is the Amur leopard of
Russia; it is estimated that there are
only a o t ad lts ali e today
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All About Leopards
Diet
Being nocturnal, leopards’ bodies are
perfectly adapted to night-time hunting.
They have a keen sense of hearing,
excellent vision and their sensitive
whiskers detect even tiny movements.
Leopards are skilled climbers and often
pounce on their prey from the trees up
above. Incredibly, they are strong enough
to drag it back up into the branches!
Although leopards mainly hunt large mammals such as deer,
they are different from other big cats because they will eat fish,
birds, monkeys or even dung beetles if food is hard to find!
Fun Facts
• Leopards don’t just have babies in the spring. They can
reproduce at any time of year!
• Leopards tend to live on their own in their own territories.
However, they can communicate by leaving scent markings
for other leopards to sniff!
Did You Know...?

• Leopards spend most of the day asleep in trees or under
sheltered rocks. Their camouflaged coat keeps them well
hidden.
• Leopards have a long tail (as long as the rest of their body)
to help them balance when climbing up high.
• The dark spots which cover a leopard’s coat are called rosettes
because they are rose-shaped.
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Leopards
Questions
1. What can big cats do that domestic cats cannot? Tick one.
Big cats can roar. Big cats eat meat.

Big cats are mammals
2. Look at the Habitat section. Fill in the missing words.
eopards ha e to any different and therefore

they an e in any different parts of the
3. Put ticks in the table to show which sentences are true and which are
false.
Sentence True False

Leopards only live in one type of habitat.
Some leopards live in rainforests.
Most leopards are endangered.
Only about 70 Amur leopard adults exist in
the wild.
4. Look at the Fun Facts section. Find and copy the word which means have
babies.
5. Look at the Did You Know…? section. Which part of the leopard’s body
helps it to balance?
6. es ri e ho the diet of a leopard is different fro the diet of other i

cats.

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3. What do leopards eat? Select one.

4. What is a baby leopard called? Select one.

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2. Where do leopards live? Select one.

Leopards live in the Arctic.

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