Predators of the Giant Panda

[OldGreenGrolar]

phys.org/news/2020-08-leopards-wolves-panda-areas.html

[King Kodiak]

However, there are no leopards living within the domain of the giant panda. 

Leopards (Panthera pardus) actually range in Central China, so that account posted by TheGreen is not fake:

The current distribution and status of leopards Panthera pardus in China


Fig. 1 The current distribution of subspecies of the leopard Panthera pardus in China: O, P. pardus orientalis; J, P. pardus japonensis; D, P. pardus delacouri; F, P. pardus fusca.


www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/current-distribution-and-status-of-leopards-panthera-pardus-in-china/AB61CCE75697F281F38A7E50A814E256

[brobear]

Leopards (Panthera pardus) actually range in Central China - and yet, never even a single report of an adult giant panda ambushed by a leopard.  
Considering how rare these endangered giant pandas are, and being the "poster child" of the WWF, if a giant panda were ever ambushed and killed by a leopard, this would be big international news. 

[King Kodiak]

May 15, 2021 1:38:00 GMT -5 brobear said:

Leopards (Panthera pardus) actually range in Central China - and yet, never even a single report of an adult giant panda ambushed by a leopard.  
Considering how rare these endangered giant pandas are, and being the "poster child" of the WWF, if a giant panda were ever ambushed and killed by a leopard, this would be big international news. 

No record of adult pandas no. Just one single record of a subadult panda killed by a leopard (reply #17). It does not state the sex of the panda and it was most likely by ambush. One subadult panda killed, not much.

[brobear]

May 15, 2021 8:13:26 GMT -5 King Kodiak said:

May 15, 2021 1:38:00 GMT -5 brobear said:

Leopards (Panthera pardus) actually range in Central China - and yet, never even a single report of an adult giant panda ambushed by a leopard.  
Considering how rare these endangered giant pandas are, and being the "poster child" of the WWF, if a giant panda were ever ambushed and killed by a leopard, this would be big international news. 

No record of adult pandas no. Just one single record of a subadult panda killed by a leopard (reply #17). It does not state the sex of the panda and it was most likely by ambush. One subadult panda killed, not much.

All wild animals occasionally lose a cub, juvenile or subadult ( which is juvenile ) to predators. Has no meaning. But yes, you are right as rain.

[brobear]

qwaszx

[OldGreenGrolar]

Feb 7, 2023 8:02:29 GMT -5 brobear said:

qwaszx

I have seen this quite a few times.

[brobear]

Feb 7, 2023 15:13:32 GMT -5 OldGreenGrolar said:

Feb 7, 2023 8:02:29 GMT -5 brobear said:

qwaszx

I have seen this quite a few times.

Yes, and like I said in reply #22, quote, "Considering how rare these endangered giant pandas are, and being the "poster child" of the WWF, if a giant panda were ever ambushed and killed by a leopard, this would be big international news."