The Leopard



Scientific Name:  Panthera pardus

Range: Various regions in Asia (also throughout the
African continent)

Habitat:  Mainly lowland areas but very adaptable

Facts & Thoughts:
From a conservation status point of view the leopard (also known as the common leopard or spotted
leopard) has the most chance of warding off extinction.  However the situation is still serious as the
population is still going down.  Like the tiger, there is consensus that there are 9 sub-species of the
common leopard with the Asian poulations being the most at risk.

African leopard - inhabits sub-Saharan Africa

Indian leopard - inhabits the Indian Subcontinent

Javan leopard -inhabits Java, Indonesia

Arabian leopard - inhabits the Arabian Peninsula

Amur leopard - inhabits the Russian Far East, Korean Peninsula and Northeast China

North Chinese leopard - inhabits northern China

Caucasian leopard also known as the Persian leopard - inhabits central Asia, the Caucasus,
Turkmenistan and northern Iran

Indo-Chinese leopard - inhabits mainland Southeast Asia

Sri Lankan leopard - inhabits Sri Lanka.
In 2010, for the first time in many decades, a
spotted Leopard was seen in Malaysia.