Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:41.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Africa; S.W. Asia, north Caucasus and Kopet Dag, throughout Oriental region to Java, north to Korea and Amur region; Subsaharan Africa.

COMMENT: Type locality fixed by Thomas, 1911. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911:135. Frequently exhibits melanism (AHS).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007002004001.