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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. Leopards have also been recorded in North Africa as well.
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant cat species in the genus Panthera.It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes.Its body is slender and muscular reaching a length of 92–183 cm (36–72 in) with a 66–102 cm (26–40 in) long tail and a shoulder height of 60–70 cm (24–28 in).
Native range by continent(s) Range map 1 Tiger: ... Africa, Asia: 3 Jaguar: ... North and South America: 5 Leopard: Panthera pardus: 30–65.8 [25] ...
A black African leopard (P. p. pardus) was sighted in the alpine zone of Mount Kenya in the winter of 1989–1990. [9] In Kenya's Laikipia County, a black leopard was photographed by a camera trap in 2007; in 2018, a female subadult black leopard was repeatedly recorded together with a spotted leopard about 50 km (31 mi) farther east in a ...
Blue is the range of Felinae (excluding the domestic cat), green is the range of Pantherinae. Felidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is called a felid. [1] [2] The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to domestic cats.
North America, Eurasia: 2 Brown bear: Ursus arctos: Ursidae: 270-635: 751 (in the wild, possibly more) 1.5 - 3.0: 3.4 [2] 1.53: North America, Eurasia, formerly Africa: 3 Liger (Panthera leo x Panthera tigris). Felidae: Liger couple: 320-550 550 3 - 3.6 3.6 N/A 4 American black bear: Ursus americanus: Ursidae: 159-226: 409-500 [3] 1.4 - 2.0: 2. ...
It crossed the Isthmus of Panama probably during the Great American Biotic Interchange in the late Pliocene. [4] Leopardus vorohuensis is an extinct species of the genus, of which fossils were found in the Argentinian Vorohué Formation dated to the early Pleistocene ; its supraorbital foramen and shape of teeth resemble those of the pampas cat.
The Bronx Zoo housed a live snow leopard in 1903; this was the first ever specimen exhibited in a North American zoo. [85] The first captive bred snow leopard cubs were born in the 1990s in the Beijing Zoo. [57] The Snow Leopard Species Survival Plan was initiated in 1984; by 1986, American zoos held 234 individuals. [86] [87]