The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought to make conventional heavy armour of limited value, the Leopard focused on firepower in the form of the German-built version of the …

The Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is a leopard subspecies widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent.The species Panthera pardus is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because populations have declined following habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching for the illegal trade of skins and body parts, and persecution due to conflict situations.

The leopard complex is a group of genetically related coat patterns in horses.These patterns range from progressive increases in interspersed white hair similar to graying or roan to distinctive, Dalmatian-like leopard spots on a white coat. Secondary characteristics associated with the leopard complex include a white sclera around the eye, striped hooves and mottled …

The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo [il ˌɡattoˈpardo]) is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Risorgimento.Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the leading Italian publishing houses Mondadori and Einaudi, it became the top-selling novel in Italian …

Der Leopard (Panthera pardus), auch Panther oder Panter, ist eine Art aus der Familie der Katzen, die in Afrika und Asien verbreitet ist. Darüber hinaus kommt sie auch im Kaukasus vor. Der Leopard ist nach Tiger, Löwe und Jaguar die viertgrößte Großkatze.Auf der Roten Liste gefährdeter Arten der IUCN sind Leoparden in der Vorwarnliste als „Vulnerable“ (gefährdet) …

Man-eaters Characteristics. The leopard is largely a nocturnal hunter. For its size, it is the most powerful large felid after the jaguar, able to drag a carcass larger than itself up a tree. Leopards can run more than 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph), leap more than 6 metres (20 ft) horizontally and 3 metres (9.8 ft) vertically, and have a more developed sense of smell than tigers.

Of all the leopards, the Amur leopard is the most critically endangered. Hunted largely for its beautiful, spotted fur, the loss of each Amur leopard puts the species at greater risk of extinction. Support WWF in its efforts to protect the species and its habitat.

Le chat d'Iriomote (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis, Imaizumi, 1967), une sous-espèce de Prionailurus bengalensis, vit uniquement sur la petite île Iriomote (Archipel Okinawa).Celle-ci, d’une superficie de 289 km 2 et peuplée d’environ 2 000 habitants, est située à l’extrême-sud du Japon et à environ 260 km de Taïwan.Ce chat n’est connu des scientifiques que depuis les ...

The Leopard 2PL is a main battle tank used by the Polish Armed Forces, and is a modernized version of the older Leopard 2A4 tank, phased out by Germany and first acquired by Poland in the 2000s. The modernisation is currently being carried out in cooperation with Rheinmetall and the Polish Armaments Group (Polish: Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa PGZ).

The VK 16.02 Leopard was a planned German light reconnaissance vehicle designed from mid-1941 through to January 1943, with serial production scheduled for April 1943. It was intended to be the replacement of Panzer II Ausf.L "Luchs".The project was canceled in January 1943 before the first prototype was completed as it did not meet the requirements for 1944.