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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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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