African leopard

African leopard
Leopard in the Maasai Mara National Reserve
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species:
P. pardus
Subspecies:
P. p. pardus[1]
Trinomial name
Panthera pardus pardus[1]
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
List
    • P. p. panthera (Schreber, 1777)
    • P. p. leopardus (Schreber, 1777)
    • P. p. melanotica (Günther, 1885)
    • P. p. suahelicus (Neumann, 1900)
    • P. p. nanopardus (Thomas, 1904)
    • P. p. ruwenzorii (Camerano, 1906)
    • P. p. chui (Heller, 1913)
    • P. p. reichenowi (Cabrera, 1918)
    • P. p. antinorii (de Beaux, 1923)
    • P. p. ituriensis (Allen, 1924)
    • P. p. adusta Pocock, 1927
    • P. p. shortridgei (Pocock, 1932)
    • P. p. brockmani (Pocock, 1932)
    • P. p. puella (Pocock, 1932)
    • P. p. adersi Pocock, 1932[3]

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.

  1. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Subspecies Panthera pardus pardus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Stein, A.B.; Gerngross, P.; Bauer, H.; Chataigner, B.; Drouilly, M.; Henschel, P.; Mann, G. & Searle, C. (2025). "Panthera pardus ssp. pardus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025: e.T271005149A271005197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T271005149A271005197.en.
  3. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Panther pardus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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