The Leopard is one of the five big cats, and possibly the most adaptable. She makes her home in habitats as diverse as desert and rainforest with her range extending across parts of Africa, Middle East and Asia. An opportunistic hunter, she will prey on anything she can catch - from dung beetles up to chimpanzees and even small gorillas. Solitary in nature, she generally follows nocturnal hunting patterns, although rainforest Leopards are more likely to hunt during the day. To protect her kill from scavengers, she drags it up into the branches of a tree. Sometimes this kill can weigh more than the Leopard herself. Leopards display a range of vocalizations, including purring, which dissudes the factoid I had read somewhere (to be fair, it was probably Willard Price, back in the 1960s) that big cats cannot purr.
If you like Leopards and Africa in general, here's a great comic strip from a very talented illustrator:
http://arven92.deviantart.com/art/Africa-Comic-Cover-388367615
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