Indian leopard

Indian leopard
Male In Nagarhole National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species:
Subspecies:
P. p. fusca
Trinomial name
Panthera pardus fusca
(Meyer, 1794)
Synonyms

The Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is a subspecies of the leopard (P. pardus) widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent. It is threatened by illegal trade of skins and body parts, and persecution due to human-leopard conflict and retaliation for livestock depredation.

  1. ^ Shivakumar, S.; Khettry, A.; Surve, N.; Rahman, H.; Ghimirey, Y.; Tharchen, L.; Zaw, T.; Waseem, M. & Jhala, Y. (2023). "Panthera pardus ssp. fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T215195524A215195533.