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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 .
Across its range, the leopard coexists with a number of other large predators. In Africa, it is part of a large predator guild with lions, cheetahs, spotted and brown hyenas, and African wild dogs. [126] The leopard is dominant only over the cheetah while the others have the advantage of size, pack numbers or both. [66]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 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 ...
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There are approximately 120 to 230 adult panthers in the population. ... Other European explorers believed they were seeing tigers or panthers (a name used for African leopards). European settlers ...
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Animal control workers responded to a call about a “leopard” spotted in Oakley — roughly 6 miles northeast of downtown Cincinnati — early in the morning Jan. 28, Cincinnati Animal CARE ...
About 875 African species of dragonflies have been recorded. [30] The migratory locust and desert locust have been serious threats to African economies and human welfare. Africa has the biggest number of termite genera of all continents, [31] and over 1,000 termite species. Of Diptera, the number of described African species is about 17,000. [32]