The Barbary leopard (Arabic: نمر بربري) is a relict leopard population that persists in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, in forest and mountain steppe in elevations of 300 to 2,500 m (980 to 8,200 ft), where the climate is temperate to cold.[3][4][5] In North Africa, the leopard preys on the Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus).[6][7] The Barbary leopard of North Africa used to be classified under Panthera pardus panthera, before being subsumed to P. p. pardus.[8][9][10]
Quick facts African leopard, Scientific classification ...
| African leopard |
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| A leopard in Etosha National Park, Namibia |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
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Chordata |
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Mammalia |
| Order: |
Carnivora |
| Suborder: |
Feliformia |
| Family: |
Felidae |
| Subfamily: |
Pantherinae |
| Genus: |
Panthera |
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| Trinomial name |
Panthera pardus pardus[1]
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| Synonyms |
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- 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[2]
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