Meet Atara, our North Chinese leopard 🐾 North Chinese leopards’ rosettes are larger and darker than other leopard subspecies, sometimes even with a spot inside the rosette, resembling a jaguar's markings 🐆 In China, the North Chinese leopard is more often known as a “golden coin leopard" this comes from its black and golden spotted patterns that are similar to copper coins circulated in ancient China 🤯 ______________________________________________ #thebigcatsanctuary #bigcats #cats #wildlife

🐆 Here's all you need to know about one of the rarest sub-species of leopard, the North Chinese leopard. 😻 Atara is taking centre stage in this episode of All You Need to Know! Atara was born in Germany and arrived at the Sanctuary in 2008 at just over a year old. She is a sweet, reserved girl, but can very much show her fun and playful side when she likes to! 👉 You can adopt our beautiful girl Atara today > https://thebigcatsanctuary.org/cats/atara/ | The Big Cat Sanctuary

🧡 We think that you'll struggle to find a more beautiful North-Chinese leopard female than Atara. Today is her special day and we're sure that you'll all join us in wishing her a happy 15th birthday! | The Big Cat Sanctuary