Leopard
For other uses, see Leopard (disambiguation), Leopards (disambiguation), and Leopardi (disambiguation). Leopard Temporal range: Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene to recent African leopard ( Panthera pardus pardus ) Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) [2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Feliformia Family: Felidae Subfamily: Pantherinae Genus: Panthera Species: P. pardus [1] Binomial name Panthera pardus [1] (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies see text Range of the leopard: former (red), uncertain (yellow), highly fragmented (light green), and present (dark green) Synonyms Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758 The leopard ( Panthera pardus ) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera , a member of the Felidae. [3] The leopard occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because leopard populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and a...