The leopard (a translation of the article from Student's Book (Round-up 6) Quite a lot of scientists consider the leopard the most advanced wild cat. They even call it the supercat. It is smaller than a lion and tiger, but more agile and quicker. The leopard is a perfect well-armed hunter. Its fangs and claws are as sharp as needles and as deadly as blades. This wild cat can run fast and smoothly, and carry its prey in his jaw heavier than the leopard itself. The leopard can run at the speed of about sixty miles per hour but it fails to beat the cheetah which is the fastest predator on Earth. The leopards living in the Amursky Krai have soft and thick winter fur. In summer it becomes shorter, rougher and thinner, but the pattern remains as bright as it was. If the leopard lives in warm countries, e.g. in Africa or Asia, its fur doesn't change throughout the seasons. There is the black leopard. Although people often call it the black panther, it is the same leopard, but with black fur. You can see the same spots as the leopard has, yet even under the bright light it won't be easy. Very rarely can you see the leopone in the zoo. This hybrid of the lion and the leopard keeps up the appearance of the lion, but has such brown spots on its coat as the leopard does. Leopones are smaller than lions, but bigger than leopards. Although the male leopone has a mane, it is not as thick as the lion's one.