KTP Leopard: Khomani

Jo · Unread post by Jo » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:28 pm

Khomani is named after the Khomani San

Thanks for the work on this thread wanderw :clap:

Sorry for the late posting but a couple of pics from Dec trip '10 - 1st lot from 13th Borehole, a young female....

wanderw · Unread post by **wanderw** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:30 am

Edited: Jo's 13th Borehole young female - Khomani

@Jo - Thanx! :thumbs_up:

First another newbie for the list :dance:

- the 13th borehole young female, then you found no. 19 on the list, the Union's End female. Brilliant sightings and pix! :clap:

( Last trip we looked and looked, but could only find other spots at Union's End - cheetah and spotted hyena)

IainP · Unread post by **IainP** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:50 pm

Hi everyone

My next leo was seen south of Urikaruus. We followed her in the morning for about 2km as she walked along the western ridge looking for food. She finally saw 2 BEF's taking in the morning sun next to the road, unfortunatly when the BEF's saw us driving toward them they ran up the hill straight into he female leo. She killed one :cry:

but the other got away. Lots of action but BEF did not stand a chance.

The pics are not great as she was far away but maybe someone can make the ID?

wanderw · Unread post by **wanderw** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:22 am

Edited - IainP's leopard is Khomani

@IainP - Lovely leopard sighting and pix :thumbs_up:

but poor BEF!

I think your leo is the same as Jo's 13th borehole Mom. Check the spots on the forehead and above the right eye, also mark on right of nose.
You sure were lucky with leopards on your trip! :thumbs_up:

AstroMatt · Unread post by **AstroMatt** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:16 pm

Thanks for the feedback, its been fun going through all the posts and i now feel like i know a lot of these leopards through all sightings of the many forumites!

The original picture from Sivet would help a bit but I'm completely convinced. I've found that if they are the same leopard then spots fall into place all over the show (kind of obviously!) but if they aren't the same then it is very hard to even find anything that might be a small match.

So my own personal sightings, first I'll start with the 13th Bore hole cub and mum. I was fortunate enough to see them on my second trip to the park on 16th July 2011 at the Rooibrak water hole (is this the 13th Bore hole?). I was in the park with a friend (Garry) on a drive out from TR. We were nearing our turn around point (and i have to admit i was dosing a bit :redface:

) when Garry pointed out a cheetah on the right....well it wasn't a cheetah but a female leopard

Mum

After about 5 minutes of watching, Garry again...and to my shame...pointed out another leopard about 3m the other side of my open window :big_eyes:

The leopard, the cub, was lying down eating the remains of a kill (reported by some other people in the park to be a stolen springbok from some cheetahs).
Cub: Miera

We proceeded to watch the two leopards wandering from the trees and pump on the left to the water hole on the right. 30mins of uninterrupted bliss . At times i didn't know where to look as they were on different sides of the car.
2 shots of the mum inspecting the remains

Cub: Miera

Eventually they decided enough was enough and they wandered up the hill...this coincided with the arrival of another car.

We followed them along the ridge for a few 100m but they eventually disappeared.

kesheshe · Unread post by **kesheshe** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:31 am

Can someone please assist with ID on these leopards and which are male / female?

Dalkeith

Dertiende Boorgat

Also spotted leopard twice at grootkolk no photos but does anyone know name / sex?

wanderw · Unread post by **wanderw** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:22 am

@kesheshe - your Dalkeith leopard is our 13th Borehole female - see AstroMatt's sighting on this page.
Lovely sighting and pix! :clap:

katydownunder · Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:09 pm

We saw this Leopard here at Urikaruus, early morning on the 26th of November 2011.
Great light and a wonderful sighting!
Can someone of the Leopard experts help with the ID?!

Larger View

AstroMatt · Unread post by **AstroMatt** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:44 pm

katydownunder.....again a lovely early morning sighting and with perfect light...lovely. So you saw Khomani, she has been around the Urikaruus area for a long time now and that WH is certainly right in the centre of her range.

AFRICAT · Unread post by **AFRICAT** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:13 pm

Would like to see if these could be ID'd please: Female Oct.9, 2011 at Montrose

Also saw a male attempting to mate with a female and will post them separately. Thanks so much.

wanderw · Unread post by **wanderw** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:21 pm

@AFRICAT - Thanx for posting! This is Khomani :thumbs_up:

She was first seen in Jan 2007 with a cub, so she is a quite 'mature' leopardess!
Looking forward to your next post! :thumbs_up:

AstroMatt · Unread post by **AstroMatt** » Fri May 31, 2013 3:41 pm

Before i forget, this is the sighting that i was sent by Carin Malan last week. The sighting happened on 28/08/2010, approximately 4kms north of Urikaruus. It shows Khomani and Miera. This sighting is 2 months earlier than the one IainP had on p14 (http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=18567&start=195)
It is hard to see much of a change between IainP and Carin's photos (especially when you look at the face) which demonstrates how important these historical sightings are for trying to get the best possible age. So if you have historical sightings that you don't think i have on record do please send them to me using the website.

Photos taken by Carin Malan

Incidentally Miera was last seen at Auchterlonie on the 3/4/2013, so she is still doing well

Nyala · Unread post by **Nyala** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:54 am

I took this Photo of Khomani on 25 Feb 2011. We came across her and Miera. Miera was up in a tree watching her while she stalked and grabbed the Battie. She brought it (still alive) to Miera, who then killed it.

cruisa · Unread post by **cruisa** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:40 pm

Jacani wrote:According to Matthew Schurch, the last time Khomani was seen was in 2012 - hope she is still alive?!

Talking about Khomani..this is her back in September 2011.

Then she left us into the sunset...

wanderw · Unread post by **wanderw** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:39 pm

@cruisa - thanx for posting the sunset pic of Khomani. :thumbs_up:

Jacani wrote:According to Matthew Schurch, the last time Khomani was seen was in 2012 - hope she is still alive?!

Jacani - We think she has now gone to greener pastures.

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