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Types of Leopards

African ​Leopard​
African ​Leopard​

The African leopard is the leopard nominate subspecies 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. Leopards have been recorded in North Africa as well.

Amur Leopard​
Amur Leopard​

The Amur leopard is one of the world's most endangered cats with an estimated remaining wild population of 30-40 in Russia and China. The Amur leopard is one of the world's most endangered cats with an estimated remaining wild population of 30-40 in Russia and China.

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Anatolian ​Leopard​
Anatolian ​Leopard​

The Anatolian leopard was thought to have ranged in the Aegean and western parts of Turkey. It was not recorded in the Black Sea region. Stone traps for leopards and Caspian tigers dating to the Roman Empire still exist in the Taurus Mountains.

Arabian ​Leopard​
Arabian ​Leopard​

The Arabian leopard is one of the smallest leopard subspecies. It was tentatively affirmed as a distinct subspecies by genetic analysis from a single captive leopard from Israel of south Arabian origin, which appeared most closely related to the African leopard.

Arabian Leopard
Arabian Leopard

The Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) is a leopard subspecies native to the Arabian Peninsula. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1996 as fewer than 200 wild individuals were estimated to be alive in 2006. The population is severely fragmented.

Indian ​Leopard​
Indian ​Leopard​

The Indian leopard is one of the big cats occurring on the Indian subcontinent, apart from the Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, snow leopard and clouded leopard.

Indochinese ​Leopard​
Indochinese ​Leopard​

The Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) is a leopard subspecies native to mainland Southeast Asia and southern China. In Indochina, leopards are rare outside protected areas and threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation as well as poaching for the illegal wildlife trade.

Indochinese Leopard
Indochinese Leopard

The Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) is a leopard subspecies native to mainland Southeast Asia and southern China. In Indochina, leopards are rare outside protected areas and threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation as well as poaching for the illegal wildlife trade.

Javan Leopard​
Javan Leopard​

The Javan leopard was initially described as being black with dark black spots and silver-grey eyes. Javan leopards have either a normal spotted coat, or a recessive phenotype resulting in an all black coat. Distribution and habitat. The Javan leopard is confined to the Indonesian island of Java.

North-​Chinese Leopard​
North-​Chinese Leopard​

The North-Chinese leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), also known as North China leopard, is a leopard population native to northern China. Population data from the wild are not available.

North-Chinese Leopard
North-Chinese Leopard

The North-Chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis), also known as North China leopard, is a leopard subspecies native to northern China. Population data are not available from the wild.[2]

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Persian ​Leopard​
Persian ​Leopard​

Results of a phylogenetic analysis suggests that the Persian leopard matrilineally belongs to a monophyletic group that diverged from a group of Asian leopards in the second half of the Pleistocene. Characteristics. The Persian leopard is large, weighing up to 60 kg (130 lb), and light in colour.

Persian Leopard
Persian Leopard

The Persian leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica syn. Panthera pardus saxicolor), also called the Caucasian leopard or Central Asian leopard, is the largest leopard subspecies.

Sinai Leopard​
Sinai Leopard​

The Sinai leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) has initially been described as a leopard subspecies under the scientific name Panthera pardus jarvisi by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1932. Since the late 1990s, leopards were not recorded in Egypt, until one was killed at Elba Protected Area in 2014.

Sri Lankan ​Leopard​
Sri Lankan ​Leopard​

The Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) is a leopard subspecies native to Sri Lanka that was first described in 1956 by the Sri Lankan zoologist Deraniyagala. In 2008, the Sri Lankan leopard was listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.