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Stessi

ස්ටෙසි ஸ்டெசி

Stessi
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
A photo of a Sri Lankan Leopard — not this animal

Stessi (Rawum Wala 3:3 Female, YF 05) is a female leopard of Yala National Park; “Stessi” is a name used by Yala trackers and the Leopard Trails team. First photographed around Kotabendi Wewa in June 2011, she raised three successful litters, including Henry and Harry. In April 2018 she tried to kill a stray dog in front of safari jeeps near Gonalahaba. The catalogue gives her years as 2008–2020.

Sources

  1. Leopards of Yala – Females (page 6): Rawum Wala 3:3 Female [YF 05/Stessi] — Leopard Trails, Leopards of Yala
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