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Panthera pardus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 183804

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758
 
    Felis panthera Schreber, 1775
 
    Felis leopardus Schreber, 1775
 
    Panthera pardus adersi Pocock, 1932
 
    Panthera pardus adusta Pocock, 1927
 
    Panthera pardus dathei Zukowsky, 1959
 
    Panthera pardus jarvisi Pocock, 1932
 
    Panthera pardus leopardus (Schreber, 1775)
 
    Panthera pardus melanotica (Günther, 1885)
 
    Panthera pardus nanopardus Thomas, 1904
 
    Panthera pardus panthera (Schreber, 1775)
 
    Panthera pardus pernigra Gray, 1863
 
    Panthera pardus reichenowi Cabrera, 1918
 
    Panthera pardus ruwenzori Camerano, 1906
 
    Panthera pardus sindica Pocock, 1930
 
    Panthera pardus suahelicus Neumann, 1900
 
    Felis leopardus melanotica Günther, 1885
 
  Common Name(s): Leopard [English]
 
    Panther [English]
 
    Leopard [French]
 
    panthère [French]
 
    Leopardo [Spanish]
 
    pantera [Spanish]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderFeliformia Kretzoi, 1945 – cat-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyFelidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – cats  
                                        SubfamilyPantherinae Pocock, 1917  
                                           GenusPanthera Oken, 1816 – roaring cats  
                                              SpeciesPanthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Leopard, Panther, Leopard, panthère, Leopardo, pantera  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Panthera pardus delacouri Pocock, 1930  
                                                 Subspecies Panthera pardus fusca (Meyer, 1794)  
                                                 Subspecies Panthera pardus kotiya Deraniyagala, 1956  
                                                 Subspecies Panthera pardus melas (G. Cuvier, 1809)  
                                                 Subspecies Panthera pardus nimr (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833)  
                                                 Subspecies Panthera pardus orientalis (Schlegel, 1857)  
                                                 Subspecies Panthera pardus pardus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                                 Subspecies Panthera pardus tulliana Valenciennes, 1856  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Panthera pardus    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Panthera pardus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Panthera pardus   
       
  Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/   
  Reference for: Panthera pardus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11   
  Page(s): 1-80   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1027-2992   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Panthera pardus, Leopard [English], Leopard [French], Leopardo [Spanish], pantera [Spanish], Panther [English], panthère [French]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Felidae (Cats)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores   
  Page(s): 54-169   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-49   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Panthera pardus, Leopard [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Panthera pardus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Panthera pardus, Leopard [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Panthera pardus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Africa  
    Southern Asia  
       
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