Rare black leopard settles into new zoo
Two-month-old Bagheera was born in France in May and came to Exmoor as part of the European breeding programme.The zoo said it hoped to find a mate for Bagheera at some point in the future.The zoo's collection manager, Danny Reynolds, said: "We would hope that Bagheera should live with us for the next 15 years or more."
Black leopards are termed melanistic with the leopard coat pattern still present underneath a black coat. Mr Reynolds said: "If we can, we may try and find a normal coat coloured male companion from the Asiatic leopards in captivity. "Leopards from the African continent are slightly different being much larger and tend not to have the recessive genes for the potential black appearance."
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