African leopard

The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa. It is widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa, but the historical range has been fragmented in the course of habitat conversion. Leopards have also been recorded in North Africa as well.

African leopard
A leopard in Etosha National Park, Namibia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species:
P. pardus
Subspecies:
P. p. pardus
Trinomial name
Panthera pardus pardus
Synonyms
List
    • 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
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