Barbary leopard

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; (Linnaeus, 1758)
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; ;

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]

References[change | change source]

↑ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Subspecies Panthera pardus pardus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
↑ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Panther pardus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
↑ Bright, Michael (24 October 2017). 1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You die. Book Sales. ISBN 978-0-7858-3583-7.
↑ Cuzin, F. (2003). Les grands mammifères du Maroc méridional (Haut Atlas, Anti Atlas et Sahara): Distribution, Ecologie et Conservation (PDF) (Ph.D. Thesis). Université Montpellier II: Laboratoire de Biogéographie et Ecologie des Vertèbrés, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.
↑ Busby, G. B. J.; Gottelli, D.; Durant, S.; Wacher, T.; Marker, L.; Belbachir, F.; de Smet, K.; Belbachir-Bazi, A.; Fellous, A. & Belghoul, M. (2006). "Part 5: Using Molecular Genetics to study the presence of Endangered carnivores". A Report from the Sahelo Saharan Interest Group. Algeria: Parc National de l'Ahaggar Survey.
↑ Fa, J. E. (1982). "A survey of population and habitat of the Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus L. in north Morocco". Biological Conservation. 24 (1): 45–66. Bibcode:1982BCons..24...45F. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(82)90046-5.
↑ Van Lavieren, E. (2012). "The Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus); A unique endangered primate species struggling to survive" (PDF). Revista Eubacteria (3 0): 1–4.
↑ https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041115.x
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200428212741/https://www.biosoil.ru/files/00001386.pdf
↑ https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/32616/A_revised_Felidae_Taxonomy_CatNews.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y#page=73

[MSW3-1] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Subspecies Panthera pardus pardus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[msw3-2] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Panther pardus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[3] Bright, Michael (24 October 2017). 1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You die. Book Sales. ISBN 978-0-7858-3583-7.

[Cuzin2003-4] Cuzin, F. (2003). Les grands mammifères du Maroc méridional (Haut Atlas, Anti Atlas et Sahara): Distribution, Ecologie et Conservation (PDF) (Ph.D. Thesis). Université Montpellier II: Laboratoire de Biogéographie et Ecologie des Vertèbrés, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.

[5] Busby, G. B. J.; Gottelli, D.; Durant, S.; Wacher, T.; Marker, L.; Belbachir, F.; de Smet, K.; Belbachir-Bazi, A.; Fellous, A. & Belghoul, M. (2006). "Part 5: Using Molecular Genetics to study the presence of Endangered carnivores". A Report from the Sahelo Saharan Interest Group. Algeria: Parc National de l'Ahaggar Survey.

[Emmanuel1982-6] Fa, J. E. (1982). "A survey of population and habitat of the Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus L. in north Morocco". Biological Conservation. 24 (1): 45–66. Bibcode:1982BCons..24...45F. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(82)90046-5.

[VanLavieren2012-7] Van Lavieren, E. (2012). "The Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus); A unique endangered primate species struggling to survive" (PDF). Revista Eubacteria (3 0): 1–4.

[8] ttps://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041115.x

[9] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20200428212741/https://www.biosoil.ru/files/00001386.pdf

[10] ttps://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/32616/A_revised_Felidae_Taxonomy_CatNews.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y#page=73

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