You ’re looking at the only get it on deterrent example of what conservationists are calling a hemangioma simplex discolor African leopard . The big , pink - hued hombre — which makes its home at South Africa ’s Madikwe Game Reserve — is affected by erythrism , a ill understood transmitted condition that causes him to either overproduce red pigments or underproduce gloomy pigments in his coat .
“ It ’s really rare , ” explained Luke Hunter , chairperson of the waste cat - conservation group Panthera , whom Madikwe official consult with about the khat ’s strange coloration . “ I do n’t hump of another credible example in leopards . ”
harmonize to National Geographic , erythrism is unusual in carnivore , which makes sense if you think about it — pinkish fur , after all , is credibly not the most ideal pattern of camouflage for animal whose predatory proficiency rely on stealing . But this particular leopard appear to be doing mulct . “ He ’s obviously a successful animal , ” enounce Hunter .
Oh , and for reference , here ’s the strawberry mark Arabian tea pictured along with a distinctive African Panthera pardus :
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