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