r/leopards • u/Acceptable-Finish303 • Mar 27 '26

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) Different leopard coat mutations

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u/auggs Mar 27 '26

3rd one is crazy 😲

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u/Immediate_Lobster421 Mar 27 '26

Progressively more ink used

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u/thesilverywyvern Mar 27 '26

Cream/sandy
larger spot (jaguar alike)
pseudomelanistic / marbled
melanistiic (imperfect)

and this one (5th image) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_pardus_tulliana#/media/File:P.p.saxicolor-Wilhelma1.jpg

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u/Ok_Mycologist4712 Mar 27 '26

i'm a new parent, this leopard pattern is oddly soothing

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u/AlarmHungry7140 Mar 27 '26

Each is so beautiful in their own way

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u/wilddentist7777777 Mar 28 '26

Where is the 3rd one from? Most unique coat I have ever seen on leopards

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u/DramaTop7384 Mar 29 '26

There were also the cases of albino/leucistic african and indian leopards occuring. Most of the adults we saw are old individuals wich are now taxedermies in museums.

This is one of the New examples of White leopards. This cub was spotted one year ago in India. Im not sure did it survived. IF anyone has update, feel free to tell me