All rights belong to National Geographic. Best enemies. The lions overpower the leopards so these must avoid confrontation. This is from the documentary "stalking leopards". The leopard is called Tjololo and it's a male. leopard facts 1) Conservation status (IUCN) -------------------------------Near Threatened--------------------------------- AFRICAN LEOPARD, occurs across most of sub-Saharan Africa INDIAN LEOPARD, is widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent INDO-CHINESE LEOPARD, mainland Southeast Asia & southern China All increasingly rare outside protected areas. Populations are decreasing ---------------------------------Endangered------------------------------------- PERSIAN LEOPARD, fewer than 871-1,290 mature ind., declining pop. SRI LANKAN LEOPARD, Sri Lanka NORTH CHINESE LEOPARD, Northern China ------------------------------Critically Endangered---------------------------- JAVAN LEOPARD, from 350-700 to 250 or even 100 mature individuals. ARABIAN LEOPARD, less than 200 in 2006, pop. decreasing. AMUR LEOPARD, support at: http://www.amur-leopard.org . With 30 in the wild, it is the most endangered big cat species on Earth. ALTA is implementing a wide series of projects to save the species 2) Human threat Habitat loss. Killed for commercial reasons (fur ...), leopard-human conflict, hunt for fun. Kept unfree (zoos..., in small cages without vegetation + exhibited all day to another species). Used as tourist attractions. Petted. And surely others... 3) Small description opportunistic hunt, adaptability to habitats, max speed 58 kms/h (36 mph), ability to climb trees even with heavy carcass, stealth. Its habitat ranged from rainforest to desert terrains. Elusive, solitary and largely nocturnal, it had to compete for food and shelter with predators such as lions, tigers, spotted hyenas, African & Asiatic wild dogs.