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The Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) is the smallest leopard subspecies. It was described in 1830 and is native to the Arabian Peninsula, where it was widely distributed in rugged hilly and montane terrain until the late 1970s. Today, the population is severely fragmented and thought to decline continuously.
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant cat species in the genus Panthera.It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes.Its body is slender and muscular reaching a length of 92–183 cm (36–72 in) with a 66–102 cm (26–40 in) long tail and a shoulder height of 60–70 cm (24–28 in).
Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae. It contains the largest living members of the cat family. It contains the largest living members of the cat family.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Variant of leopard and jaguar For other uses, see Black panther (disambiguation). A melanistic Indian leopard in Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca). Black panthers of both ...
The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa. It is widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa , but the historical range has been fragmented in the course of habitat conversion .
Panthera pardus tulliana, also called Persian leopard, Anatolian leopard, and Caucasian leopard in different parts of its range, is a leopard subspecies that was first described in 1856 based on a zoological specimen found in western Anatolia.
The Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is a subspecies of the leopard (P. pardus). It is widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent . It is threatened by illegal trade of skins and body parts, and persecution due to human-leopard conflict and retaliation for livestock depredation.
The proposed Late Pleistocene European leopard subspecies Panthera pardus spelaea was first described as Felis pardus spelaea by Emil Bächler in 1936. [1] Several fossil bones from the Early, Middle and Late Pleistocene were described and have been proposed as different leopard subspecies: Panthera pardus antiqua (Cuvier, 1835) [2]