Leopard Face

This female leopard is a tv star. She is Olive from Big Cat Diary. Despite having been filmed she is still very much a wild animal and we were very lucky to be able to see her move a fresh kill from one tree to another before coming to rest in the shade of our truck to get her breath back.

Olive is now getting older but is known in the Mara as one of the most successful breeding female leopards that they have. You can see that she is starting to age as her coat is getting darker and she has also lost one of her front canines. Hopefully she still has a few more years and series in her!
The leopard (Panthera pardus), is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion and jaguar.
The leopard is still able to take large prey given a massive skull that well utilizes powerful jaw muscles. Its body is comparatively long for a cat and its legs are short. Head and body length is between 125 and 165 cm (49 and 65 in) and the tail reaches 60 to 110 cm (24 to 43 in). Shoulder height is 45 to 80 cm (18 to 31 in). Males are about 30% larger than females, weighing 37 to 91 kg (82 to 200 lb) compared to 28 to 60 kg (62 to 130 lb) for females. The larger-bodied populations of leopard are generally found in areas isolated from competing large predators, especially from dominant big cats like lions and tigers.
The species' success in the wild owes in part to its opportunistic hunting behavior, its adaptability to habitats, its ability to run at speeds approaching 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph), its unequaled ability to climb trees even when carrying a heavy carcass, and its notorious ability for stealth. The leopard consumes virtually any animal it can hunt down and catch. Its preferred habitat ranges from rainforest to desert terrains. Its ecological role is similar to the American cougar.