Abstract
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. During a study near an ecotourism site, we recorded a melanistic Leopard Panthera pardus delacouri on top of Bukit Kudung in Jeli District. This finding is considered important because the Indochinese Leopard P.p. delacouri is classified as Critically Endangered in the Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). We hope that this record will foster conservation efforts in the area.
Highlights
The melanistic Leopard has been recorded throughout Peninsular Malaysia (Azlan 2006; Hedges et al 2015)
We report a melanistic Leopard near an ecotourism attraction in Jeli District, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia
Study area Our research focused on collecting terrestrial vertebrate data in Bukit Kudung, Jeli District, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia from October 2019 to December 2019 (Figure 1)
Summary
The melanistic Leopard has been recorded throughout Peninsular Malaysia (Azlan 2006; Hedges et al 2015). From India, while reporting about melanistic and other range of over 12 colour variations in Panthera tigris, Singh (1999) mentioned about the black panthers, whom nature has possibly given the way to favourable selection. Melanistic leopards were captured in camera trap from the eastern state of Odisha in India
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