Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Leopard
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Feliformia |
Infraorder | : Feloidea |
Family | : Felidae |
Subfamily | : Pantherinae |
Genus | : Panthera |
Species status
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033833Original name as described
Felis pardus
Other common names
Panther
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
Egypt.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic · Indomalaya · Palearctic
Country distribution
Afghanistan · Angola · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bangladesh · Benin · Bhutan · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · China · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Cote d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Kenya · Liberia · Malawi · Malaysia · Mali · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Nepal · Niger · Nigeria · Oman · Pakistan · Russia · Rwanda · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Tanzania · Thailand · Turkey · Turkmenistan · Uganda · Yemen · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Algeria? · Georgia? · Gambia? · Israel? · Palestine? · North Korea? · Laos? · Lesotho? · Tajikistan? · Vietnam?
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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