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The Lion and Leopard Hunt
The Lion and Leopard Hunt or The Lion Hunt is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, now held in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. It is very similar to his "The Tiger Hunt" from the musée des beaux-arts de Rennes and its dating is debated.
Bibliography.
- Arnout Balis, "Hunting Scenes", vol. 2, Oxford University Press and Harvey Miller Ltd, coll. « Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard », 1986, 406 p. (),
Gir National Park, the Indian leopard is sympatric with the Asiatic lion. This protected area is in the same ecoregion as Sariska Reserve, viz the Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests.
In the Himalayas, it co-occurs with the snow leopard up to above sea level. They both hunt Himalayan tahr and musk deer, but the leopard usually prefers forested habitats located at lower altitudes than the snow leopard.
Elsewhere on the Indian subcontinent, the Indian leopard is sympatric with the clouded leopard, jungle cat, leopard