The leopards are found in the areas of sub Sahara Africa in the abundant range. These types of animals may also be found fragmented in the regions of Pakistan, India, Indo China, Malaysia and China. The decline that has been observed in the present times has graded these species under the category of nearly threatened species that may experience the extinction. The number of the leopard is found to be greater than the other types of animals under the family of Panthera. This is because of their acute conservation concerns that may protect them from being extinct.
The leopard has short legs as compared to the other species or organisms. But these species introduce a longer body structure including the large skull. The look and the appearance of the leopard are same as that of the jaguar. But the jaguar has the smaller and slighter form of build. The fur of the leopard is marked with the similar form of rosettes as it is found in case of the jaguar. The leopards are melanistic and hence these types of animals come under the category of black panthers.
The leopard has the ability to feed itself by any organism that it can hunt and catch. The preferred areas for its living may extend from the range of the rainforest to the desert terrains.
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The scientific name for the leopard is the Panthera pardus. It belongs to the family of Felidae and is considered to be the smallest among the four big cats from the genus Panthera. The other three cats excluding the leopard are the tiger, lion and the jaguar. The distribution of the leopards have been decreasing because of hunting and the loss of habitats as far as the whole distribution of these types of animals is concerned across the areas of southern Asia to Africa and Korea to South Africa.
The scientific name for the leopard is the Panthera pardus. It belongs to the family of Felidae and is considered to be the smallest among the four big cats from the genus Panthera. The other three cats excluding the leopard are the tiger, lion and the jaguar. The distribution of the leopards have been decreasing because of hunting and the loss of habitats as far as the whole distribution of these types of animals is concerned across the areas of southern Asia to Africa and Korea to South Africa.
