Anatolian Leopard shot in Turkey. (1 Viewer)

[angusmcoatup]

Either an extremely rare Turkish resident animal or a wanderer from Iran. Fascinating to think of them possibly hanging on for this long.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/sh...years.aspx?pageID=238&nID=57317&NewsCatID=378

 

[Farnboro John]

Either an extremely rare Turkish resident animal or a wanderer from Iran. Fascinating to think of them possibly hanging on for this long.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/sh...years.aspx?pageID=238&nID=57317&NewsCatID=378

Not massively impressed that this one isn't hanging on any more!

John

 

[angusmcoatup]

Neither was the bloke it was hanging off.

 

[Farnboro John]

Neither was the bloke it was hanging off.

The article reads to me like: shepherd sees leopard near flock, fetches rifle-owning cousin and has possible danger shot then makes up excuse. Nothing short of picture of injuries to shepherd would convince me otherwise, there would certainly be one in any UK press article.

John

 

[angusmcoatup]

http://istanbulian.blogspot.co.uk/2.../11/the-miraculous-comeback-of-anatolian.html


There's a hefty fine for killing Leopards in Turkey. I'm surprised they didn't try and dispose of the body unless they didn't know.

A real shame of course, however it happened.

 

[Farnboro John]

http://istanbulian.blogspot.co.uk/2.../11/the-miraculous-comeback-of-anatolian.html


There's a hefty fine for killing Leopards in Turkey. I'm surprised they didn't try and dispose of the body unless they didn't know.

A real shame of course, however it happened.

Agreed. And those look like fairly hefty dressings on the bloke's arm.

John

 

[rockfowl]

DNA testing on the animal proved it to be a Persian Leopard Panthera Pardus Saxicolor.

 

[angusmcoatup]

DNA testing on the animal proved it to be a Persian Leopard Panthera Pardus Saxicolor.

Thanks Mark. Where did you find this out?

 

[rockfowl]

Paul

From Panthera or Carnivora, who had translated the Turkish report (can't find the link at the moment). It also stated that the science team had examined and tested 'numerable' skins and had yet to find evidence of Anatolian Leopard east of the presumed historical range.

There is a link here which briefly summarises - http://www.goodmorningturkey.com/dna-test-identifies-leopard-persian/

and some loose Id features mentioned here - http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9856645/1/

 

[angusmcoatup]

Cheers Mark. I hadn't realised no Anatolian Leopards have been recorded for so long. I'd previously read of rumours about an investigation into cubs being found some way out of Antalya but it sounds like it came to nought. Talking to my wife's parents, who remember
stories about a smaller species of cat when they lived in Yozgat district,but definitely not a Leopard.

 

[rockfowl]

Cheers Mark. I hadn't realised no Anatolian Leopards have been recorded for so long. I'd previously read of rumours about an investigation into cubs being found some way out of Antalya but it sounds like it came to nought. Talking to my wife's parents, who remember
stories about a smaller species of cat when they lived in Yozgat district,but definitely not a Leopard.

Mmmm,

Lynx or Caracal ?

 

[Farnboro John]

DNA testing on the animal proved it to be a Persian Leopard Panthera Pardus Saxicolor.

Perhaps a minor point but shouldn't the second two of the trinomial be uncapitalised? Don't want Richard wagging a stern finger!

John

 

[rockfowl]

My wrist properly slapped John, teach me to copy and paste out of laziness.

 

[angusmcoatup]

A couple of news items here recently about the reappearance of Anatolian Leopard. Certainly Leopards caught on the camera traps but possibly journalistic licence, and they’re Persian Leopards.

Perhaps someone with a better source or better Turkish has a more accurate idea?
Also Caracal with cubs filmed close to me in Muğla recently.

 

[tehri]

 

[angusmcoatup]

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