Leopard in tree at night, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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Leopard up a tree at night. In Africa, black leopards are much less common as melanism is not an adaptive advantage on the savanna, dark coloration provides poor camouflage and makes hunting difficult. However, in the dense forests of the Ethiopian Highlands the black leopard is much more common than in Africa generally, as many as one in five leopards may be melanistic.

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Size: 2400px × 3600px
Location: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Photo credit: © David Cantrille / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bigcat, black, capture, caught, flashgun, hunting., kruger, leopard, night, nightfall, panther, panthera, pardus, park., tree