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Strawberry Leopard
A 'strawberry-colored leopard' is a pink-hued color morph of the African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) There has only been one recorded animal with the mutation - a single male who makes its home at South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve. He is affected by erythrism, a genetic condition that causes an animal to either overproduce red pigments or underproduce dark pigments in his coat.

"It's really rare," explained Luke Hunter, president of the wild cat-conservation group Panthera, whom Madikwe officials consulted with about the cat's unusual coloration. "I don't know of another credible example in leopards."

According to National Geographic, "erythrism is unusual in carnivores - the pinkish fur, after all, is not the most ideal form of camouflage for animals whose predatory techniques rely on stealth."