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Julius

ජූලියස් ஜூலியஸ்

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

Julius (Wilapalawa 2:3 male, YM 47) was born in late 2018 around Wilapalawa and Mahaseelawa in Yala; his mother is the Kotigala 3:2 female. Bold and relaxed around safari vehicles, he was named Yala’s most photographed leopard of 2020. Visitors filmed him trying to take a buffalo calf on the main road, a hunt that failed and left both him and the calf injured. In February 2022 he was seen mating with the female Judy, and since 2022 he has been settling a territory around Ondaatje junction and the Sithulpawwa road, with regular sightings in 2023 and 2024.

Sources

  1. Wilapalawa 2:3 Male (2018) [YM 47/Julius] — Leopard Trails, Leopards of Yala
  2. Is going viral the way to save our wildlife? — Brunch.lk
  3. The best trip to Yala for photography — Nature and Others on camera by Asiri (blog), 8 Sep 2020
  4. In the predator's spotted lair — Daily FT (Mallika Bhagat), 1 Jan 2022
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