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The Zanzibar leopard is an African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) population on Unguja Island in the Zanzibar archipelago, Tanzania, that is considered extirpated due to persecution by local hunters and loss of habitat.
The Zanzibar leopard was officially declared extinct 25 years ago, but the classification has been called into question after a wildlife biologist caught the elusive predator on camera.
The extinction of the Zanzibar Leopard (some people call it the ‘cat of Zanzibar’) is highly debated, since there is no concrete evidence of its complete disappearance, while on the contrary, there are several reports of its sightings as well.
Was the Zanzibar leopard ever found? We explore the evidence and share facts, stories, history, potential habitats, and other info about those mysterious creatures.
Unguja Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago is home to a subspecies of the African leopard known as the Zanzibar leopard or Panthera pardus pardus. The Zanzibar leopard cause of extinction is owed to hunting by locals and habitat destruction.
"Unguja Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago is home to a subspecies of the African leopard known as the Zanzibar leopard or Panthera pardus pardus, which is feared to be stamped out owing to hunting by locals and habitat destruction. In terms of size, the leopard was the island’s most ferocious predator.
The Zanzibar leopard is an African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) population on Unguja Island in the Zanzibar archipelago, Tanzania, that is considered extirpated due to persecution by local hunters and loss of habitat.
Leopards have been seen on the island, and the people who live there think the Leopard of Zanzibar is still alive. Leopards were thought to be extinct in Zanzibar by the early 1990s, but in 2018, one was caught by a camera trap, giving people new hope that the population will stay alive.
The recently extirpated Zanzibar leopard was the only known African leopard (Panthera pardus spp.) population restricted exclusively to a major island habitat.
The Zanzibar leopard – the primary focus of our anthrozoological research in Zanzibar for more than two decades – has been classified in a variety of cross-cutting ways by Zanzibaris and non-Zanzibaris, as we describe below.