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African Wildlife: Photographs of Leopards

Leopards are solitary animals. They are broader than cheetahs, but smaller than lions. Leopards ingeniously take their kill up a tree to eat to ensure that larger cats don't get the "lion's share". 

Of all the animal pictures on my website, leopards are some of my favourite cats photos. Their coats are beautiful and their cubs are especially adorable.  

These leopards were photographed in South Africa. 

  • Picture of leopard walking
  • Leopard Kaboso, Masai Mara, HW Safaris
  • Picture of Bahati yawning, a leopard in the Masai Mara National Park and her male cub.
  • Picture of a female leopard grooming her son in South Africa.
  • Kaboso in a fig tree, Masai Mara, HW Safaris
  • Picture of a leopard named Bahati posing in an acacia tree. Image taken in the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya. Photo by Greg of Harvey Wildlife Photography.
  • Kaboso in Fig Tree, Masai Mara, HW Safaris
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  • Male Leopard February, 2018
  • Picture of a female leopard in South Africa
  • Leopard Hunting Masai Mara, 2018
  • We saw this leopard with her son heading towards a water hole, so our guide positioned the jeep on the other side of the water hoping that she would come for a drink and luckily she did.
  • Leopard Kaboso
  • Leopard peeking through leaves
  • This leopard is a large male who at the time this picture was taken was still with his mommy. When he went on his own, due to his size, he would own a large territory.
  • Leopard, Fig, Masai Mara, HW Safaris
  • picture of Bahati, a leopard mom and her cub in a tree in the Masai Mara. Photo by Harvey Wildlife Photography.
  • Picture of a leopard in a tree in the Masai Mara National Reserve. Photo by Greg of Harvey Wildlife Photography.
  • A six month old male leopard in South Africa.
  • This is Gaye's image of this angry leopard. She was a little more zoomed in than I was and did a great job of catching this cat's dissatisfaction with us being there.
  • Leopard Male Relaxing, Masai Mara, 2018
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  • Female leopard in South Africa.
  • This big male leopard walks by a pond in South Africa.
  • Picture of Bahati, a leopard in the Masai Mara in Kenya.
  • Leopard Checking Mail
  • Picture of a juvenile male leopard in South Africa
  • Mother and son leopards grooming.
  • Female leopard grooming her son in South Africa, 2008.
  • Picture of a leopard named Bahati lying in the grass in the Masai Mara in Kenya. Photo taken by Greg of Harvey Wildlife Photography.
  • We saw this male leopard strutting his stuff on a safari road in Mala Mala, South Africa.
  • Picture of leopard Bahati and one of her cubs in a tree. Image taken in the Masai Mara National Reserve. Photo by Harvey Wildlife Photography.
  • Picture of a leoard in golden light at dusk.
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  • We positioned ourselves to see this leopard (Tamboti female) through the weeds. We didn't realize she had a kill in the tree directly above us. Insult to injury she had a gaping wound on her hip, so she was not in a good mood and certainly didn't want to share her hard earned meal. Insult to insult to injury, we got stuck beneath that tree so we had to call for help to get us towed out twenty feet from an angry leopard.
  • Picture of a big male leopard
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  • Picture of the leopard Bahati resting in an acacia tree in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Photo by Harvey Wildlife Photography
  • This is the first leopard that I saw in the wild.
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  • This is the big guy on the playground.
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  • This female (taboti female) had a huge gaping gash on her hip, but she still managed to kill a bush buck baby and stash it high up in a tree.
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  • We spotted this leopard on safari just before it got dark. I only managed to get a couple pictures of him before we lost the light.
  • Leopards have an intense look in their eyes. I didn't quite get the picture I was looking for, but I'll be back to try again.
  • Picture of a snarling leopard
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  • On our first game drive in South Africa we saw this leopard just before the sun started to set. I've always wanted to get a leopard silhouette picture and this was my first reasonable crack at it.
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