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30 due to recessive genes for melanism and are not uncommon in the Indian subspecies, but rarely if ever occur in other leopard subspecies. Red leopards could only occur if a leopard inherited 2 recessive melanism genes plus 2 recessive non-extension genes?. Melanism gene (recessive) Extension gene (recessive) Normal spotted (black on tawny) 0 or 1 copy 0 or 1 copy Black leopard 2 copies 0 or 1 copy Red spotted (red/orange on buff) 0 or 1 copy 2 copies Red leopard 2 copies 2 copies After Messybeast.com. http://www.messybeast.com/genetics/mutant- leopards.html Retrieverman (2012) mentions: ?There is some suggestion that these dark red leopards are faded black leopards, which is a possibility. Spots can still be seen on black leopards, so exact chemical make-up of the fur on the spots is different from the fur that comprises the background. So it is possible that these red leopards are faded black ones. The fading could have happened due to age or the treatments used to preserve the skin. I am not sure if anyone has examined these mahogany red leopards to see what they exactly are or were. DNA could be extracted from at least some of these taxidermies. And then we could find out if they were black leopards or ??B??F??27G&v&W''??"&VB6???&F????2??V?&V6W76?fRG&?B??BF??26??V?B&R?`?6??6W&?F??V?&B6??6W'fF????7G>( b??&WG&?WfW&???#"?FFVC?( T?B?2vV?W&??&WGG?V?6?????f?"fW'?&&P?&V6W76?fRG&?G2F?&RW?&W76VB??F?Rv??B??N( ?2?W7BF?R?GW&R?b&V6W76?fRG&?G2??F?W?6????&RW?&W76VBv?V?F?W?&R??????v?W2??B???GW&R?F?W&R?0?W7V??V??Vv?????r?bvV?W2F??VW&V6W76?fW2F??WFVB???V?F?????vRF??( ?BG??6??F?????b6??????V?&G22&V??rV?F?vW&VBB???F?W??&R7W'&V?F?F?R??7Bv?FW7&VB?bF?R&?r6G2??B&?vRg&??6?WF?g&?6???F?Rv?F?F?R'W76??f"V7B?F?W?&R7W'&V?F?W?F?'FVBg&???V6??`???'F?g&?6?BF?R?FF?RV7B??BF?W&R?2?V?W7V??6??FVB?V?F????`??V?&G2???f?v??6?&R6??Wv?B6???W"F????&??6??????V?&G2??vWfW"?vV?W2F???Bf??r7&?726??Bg&?62F?W???6RF?N( b??&WG&?WfW&???#"?FFVC?( T2???FVBV&?W"??V?&G2?????vW"W??7B????7@??bF?R?FF?RV7B?B??'F?g&?6?????6??FVB?V?F???27F???W??7B??@?WfV?v?F???F?R6?&R?b?V?&B&?vR??6??B7V"?6?&?g&?6?F?R?&?F@?v?V??R?F?R?W7F????&????v?6?'V??WF??( 2?V?&W"?( 2FV6V?&W"#0???