Researchers confirm presence of African leopard in southwestern Cameroon
Researchers confirm presence of African leopard in southwestern Cameroon
July 29, 2021
Mirage News | Unseen in 20 years, the apex predator was thought to have disappeared from the Campo-Ma’an Conservation Area
A Concordia-led research team revealed direct evidence of the presence of the African leopard in the Campo Ma’an Conservation Area, southern Cameroon for the first time in more than 20 years.
The adult leopard was photographed by motion-capture cameras the researchers placed around the conservation area in the summer of 2019 as part of an unrelated study. Leopards were thought to have disappeared from the area, which has been considered a stronghold for this species. The last direct sighting of the leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) was in 2000.