r/leopards Nov 11 '25

🐾 Welcome to the New r/leopards! 🐾

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Hello everyone!

This is an exciting new chapter for r/leopards. I’ve recently taken over as moderator for this subreddit, which was previously inactive and lacked consistent moderation. My goal is to transform this space into the top online community dedicated to all leopards—covering every subspecies in the Panthera pardus genus, as well as the Snow Leopard and Clouded Leopards.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Active moderation and regular updates
  • Regular focused posts about leopard subspecies, Snow Leopards, Clouded Leopards, conservation news, tracking research, photography etc. *A safe, respectful space for all leopard lovers, researchers, and enthusiasts.

I invite everyone to:

  • Share your favorite leopard facts or experiences, and let me know what you’d like to see here!
  • Post quality leopard videos, photos, documentaries, art, field stories, and questions
  • Help build a thriving, educational, and supportive leopard community.

This is your subreddit—let’s make it the go-to hub for leopard news, knowledge, advocacy, and appreciation! If you have ideas or want to get more involved, please comment below or message me directly.

Let’s give these beautiful cats the community they deserve!

— Moderator, r/leopards


r/leopards 1h ago

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Motherly love is not limited by species.

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r/leopards 14h ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Some photos of the beautiful leopardess Jilimie, Daughter of Luluka from Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Photos By Antonio Liebana (Liebanafot) on Instagram.


r/leopards 19h ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Luluka the African leopard (my version :D)

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Some sketches of one of my original characters, inspired by a real-life leopard named Luluka who lives in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya... I hope you like them :)


r/leopards 18h ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) The leopard came charging towards the family at full speed, but the male baboons weren't having any of it

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r/leopards 1d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) Huge male persian leopard dragging his bezoar Ibex kill, Golestan National Park Iran.

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Video By Mohammad Salami on Instagram.


r/leopards 19h ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Leopard pulls off perfect ambush on baboon - but they fight back

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r/leopards 5d ago

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Langurs are too agile for the Leopard to catch

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r/leopards 8d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Leopard on a massive termite mound, Okavango Delta

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r/leopards 12d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Adult forest buffalo killed by a leopard

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According to a park ranger, the leopard attacked it on land in which it ran into the water and died. The leopard was still around the camp nearby. If you look closely you can see some claw marks on it's back. This happened in Loango National Park in Gabon.


r/leopards 16d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) Leopardess being harassed by a pack of shepherd dogs, North Khorasan, Iran.

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Video By Vali Mohammadi


r/leopards 16d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Leopardess Luluka with an elephant calf she killed, Maasai Mara, Kenya.

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Credits to Mostafa Elbrolosy on Instagram.

r/leopards 17d ago

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Leopard, jhalana, India

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r/leopards 18d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Leopardess Olimba hunting an Impala and then loosing her prey by the intervention of a Spotted Hyena, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

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Documentary: Eden: Untamed Planet (2021) Episode 3 ā€œLuangwa: The Emerald Valleyā€ By BBC.


r/leopards 20d ago

Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) Who is your faivorite Leopard out of the 8 living today?(also not counting North Chinese Leopard.It has been reclassified as Amur Leopard).My faivorite is mostly Amur Leopard.

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r/leopards 22d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) Three Persian Leopards where killed by shepherds this week.

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r/leopards 24d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) Magnificent Male patrolling his territory from the cliffs of Golestan National Park, Iran.

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Video By Jafar Panahpour on Instagram.


r/leopards 24d ago

Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) An aggressive encounter between a Persian leopard and a pack of Wolves

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r/leopards 25d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) A male leopard almost t didn’t notice that a lioness was stalking him from kill distance. This is the daily reality for these cats.

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Video by Stu Porter at Malamala Game Reserve, South Africa.


r/leopards Aug 05 '26

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Good educational sources?

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I really want to Learn about each subspecies of leopard but can’t find any good sour no ma how hard I try. do any of you have any recommendations?

(I didn’t know what to do about the flair so I just picked a random one sorry)


r/leopards Aug 04 '26

Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) Snow leopard of Uttarakhand Niti valley also known as ghost of the mountain.

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r/leopards Jul 28 '26

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Leopard refuses to be carded in liquor store

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r/leopards Jul 22 '26

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Aberdare highland leopard with blue eyes

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r/leopards Jul 18 '26

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Leopard of Jhalana

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r/leopards Jul 17 '26

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) The incredible difference between a big male leopard and a female

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It is well known that male cats are bigger than the females. Some species have unique traits that differentiates them - lions having manes, tigers having ruffs and leopards having dewlaps.

However, in the leopard's case the results can be shocking to the point you're looking at a different species (early explorers in Central Africa actually thought this was the case!).