James Endicott on Nostr: The fur on a leopard's <i>body</i> has a rosette pattern. Specifically, their backs, ...

The fur on a leopard's <i>body</i> has a rosette pattern. Specifically, their backs, flanks, and limbs have the pattern. There's something related to the states of Turing instability related to the morphogenesis of the fur patterns that prevents them from forming near the head so they get spots there instead.

Though, when looking for reference images, lots of people who draw them don't seem to know that .