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| | Number of Subspecies: | 24 | | Subspecies: | 01. Panthera pardus pardus - Sudan and NE Zaire
02. P.p. adersi - Zanzibar Island (Could be Extinct)
03. P.p. adusta - Ethiopian highlands
04. P.p. ciscaucasicus - Caucasian mountains
05. P.p. dathei - S and C Iran (of dubious validity)
06. P.p. delacouri - S China to Malay Peninsula
07. P.p. fusca - Indian subcontinent
08. P.p. japonensis - NC China
09. P.p. jarvisi - Sinai Peninsula
10. P.p. kotiya - Sri Lanka
11. P.p. leopardus - Rain forests of W and C Africa
12. P.p. melanotica - S Africa
13. P.p. melas - Java
14. P.p. nanopardus - Somali arid zone
15. P.p. nimr - S Israel to Arabian peninsular
16. P.p. orientalis - Russian Far East, Korea, and NE China
17. P.p. panthera - N Africa
18. P.p. pernigra - Kashmir trough Nepal to SW Xizang and Sichuan
19. P.p. reichenowi - Savannas of Cameroon
20. P.p. ruwenzori - Ruwenzori and Virunga mountains of Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi
21. P.p. saxicolor - N Iran and S Turkmenistan E to Afghanistan
22. P.p. sindica - SE Afghanistan through W and S Pakistan
23. P.p. suahelicus - E Africa, from Kenya S to Mozambique
24. P.p. tulliana - Turkey
| | Information Source for Taxanomy: | Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
| | Head-Torso-Length: | 92 - 190 cm | | Tail length: | 64 - 99 cm | | Weight: | 30 - 80 kg | | Food: | Mammals, birds, reptiles | | IUCN status: | VU (Vulnerable)
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