Extinct Leopards

At one time, 27 leopard subspecies were classified in the world. For instance, there were at least 12 leopard subspecies in Africa alone. Today, we only have 9 leopard subspecies. So, did all other leopards go extinct?

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“Persian Leopard at Hannoner Zoo” by Johannes D. Licensed Under CC BY-SA 3.0 -

“Atlas Leopard” (Barbary Leopard) Image by Djamila2014 Licensed Under CC BY-SA 4.0 -

[TheTigerForce]

All countries of the world should act jointly, efforts should be made to increase the number of Leopards... 🐆 🐆🐆🐆🐆❤️❤️❤️

[eliletts]

Well, technically Sri Lanka is also geographically part of the Indian subcontinent too. Also, a few years ago the North China leopard was apparently subsumed with the Amur leopard. Strangely, the number of North China leopards was not added into the Amur leopard population count which would have increased the total population of Amur leopards. Anyways, this was a a very solid and informative video overall! Thanks for sharing as usual!

[CoryWitherspoon-qg]

What good is a dead cat this size..?? Never made sense to me at all.. and still don't know why they hunt these magnificent creatures! 😢

[deinsilverdrac]

Sri lanka leopard are in the same subspecies as Indian leopard.

And recent studies show north china and amur leopard are to be considered as synonym of eachother.


Other recent studie show that african and asian leopards are also probably entirely different species.


And forest Galante Zanzibar leopard photo was a hoax

[erikm]

I thought Zanzibar leopards were just recently sighted?

[chewsyian]

Current taxonomic classification as per Cat Specialist Group of IUCN has P. pardus saxicolor renamed as P. pardus tulliana, while P. pardus japonensis (North chinese leopard) merged with P. pardus orientalis (Amur leopard). Total of 8 subspecies recognized.

[BENSHILA]

Thank you!! Some of them still exist in Algeria according many testimonies

[ianlim]

It's certainly true and correct to subsume those many subspecies into nine distinct subspecies. The Eritrean/Somalian leopard is accurately invalid.

The South China leopard is most likely the tenth distinct leopard subspecies, which would be split from the Indo-Chinese leopard.

[MehdiMoha-pm]

In reality barbary leopards are still alive in morroco and they are existing in middle and high atlas mountains national parks

[deepalimodi]

STRICT LAWS ;; MUST BE MADE BY GOVT. AGAINST ;; POACHERS 📍 AND HUNTERS

[erikm]

Hmmm, I wonder…that old photo of the Somalian or Eritrean leopard could be a juvenile that was hunted… it does look somewhat immature, but I’m sure that, yes, they are smaller as a subspecies, overall.

[indyreno]

1:31, misinformation, there are now only four valid leopard subspecies: the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea)

The leopard originated exclusively from Africa and the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the most basal of the four leopard subspecies, then followed by the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), leaving the most recent split to be between the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea)

Because there used to be thirty-two leopard subspecies until very recently where there are now only four valid leopard subspecies, the barbary leopard, senegal leopard, ivory leopard, sudan leopard, erythrean leopard, somali leopard, masai leopard, zanzibar leopard, ugandan leopard, congo leopard, mozambique leopard, and cape leopard are all now treated as populations of the african leopard rather than distinct subspecies, thus making Panthera pardus barbarica, Panthera pardus ivorensis, Panthera pardus minor, Panthera pardus antinorii, Panthera pardus nanopardus, Panthera pardus suahelica, Panthera pardus adersi, Panthera pardus chui, Panthera pardus iturensis, Panthera pardus shortridgei, and Panthera pardus melanotica all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus pardus, the middle eastern leopard, caucasian leopard, persian leopard, indian leopard, sri lanka leopard, indochinese leopard, and javan leopard are all now treated as populations of the south asian leopard rather than distinct subspecies, thus making Panthera pardus nimr, Panthera pardus tulliana, Panthera pardus saxicolor, Panthera pardus kotiya, Panthera pardus delacouri, and Panthera pardus melas all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus fusca, the nepalese leopard, south china leopard, north china leopard, and amur leopard are all considered the last four remaining populations of the north asian leopard following the extinctions of other subspecies such as the mongolian leopard, manchurian leopard, korean leopard, and sakhalin leopard, thus making Panthera pardus nipalensis, Panthera pardus yunnana, Panthera pardus japonensis, Panthera pardus mongoliensis, Panthera pardus mandshurica, Panthera pardus coreana, and Panthera pardus sachalinensis all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus orientalis, and the cave leopard, antique leopard, vraonan leopard, sickenberg's leopard, and begouen's leopard are all now treated as populations of the european leopard, thus making Panthera pardus antiqua, Panthera pardus vraonensis, Panthera pardus sickenbergi, and Panthera pardus begoueni all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus spelaea

Here's the leopard subspecies count (both historical and present-day-distributed:

Traditional Leopard Subspecies Count:
1) †Panthera pardus barbarica (Barbary Leopard) - originally Felis pardus panthera
2) Panthera pardus pardus (Senegal Leopard)
3) Panthera pardus ivorensis (Ivory Leopard) - originally Felis pardus leopardus
4) Panthera pardus minor (Sudan Leopard)
5) Panthera pardus antinorii (Erythrean Leopard)
6) Panthera pardus nanopardus (Somali Leopard)
7) Panthera pardus suahelica (Masai Leopard)
8) Panthera pardus adersi (Zanzibar Leopard)
9) Panthera pardus chui (Ugandan Leopard)
10) Panthera pardus iturensis (Congo Leopard)
11) Panthera pardus shortridgei (Mozambique Leopard)
12) Panthera pardus melanotica (Cape Leopard)
13) Panthera pardus nimr (Middle Eastern Leopard)
14) Panthera pardus tulliana (Caucasian Leopard)
15) Panthera pardus saxicolor (Persian Leopard)
16) Panthera pardus fusca (Indian Leopard)
17) Panthera pardus kotiya (Sri Lanka Leopard)
18) Panthera pardus delacouri (Indochinese Leopard)
19) Panthera pardus melas (Javan Leopard)
20) Panthera pardus nipalensis (Nepalese Leopard)
21) †Panthera pardus mongoliensis (Mongolian Leopard)
22) Panthera pardus yunnana (South China Leopard)
23) Panthera pardus japonensis (North China Leopard)
24) †Panthera pardus mandshurica (Manchurian Leopard)
25) †Panthera pardus coreana (Korean Leopard)
26) Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur Leopard)
27) †Panthera pardus sachalinensis (Sakhalin Leopard)
28) †Panthera pardus spelaea (Cave Leopard)
29) †Panthera pardus antiqua (Antique Leopard)
30) †Panthera pardus vraonensis (Vraonan Leopard)
31) †Panthera pardus sickenbergi (Sickenberg's Leopard)
32) †Panthera pardus begoueni (Begouen's Leopard)

Current Leopard Subspecies Count:
1) Panthera pardus pardus (African Leopard)
2) Panthera pardus fusca (South Asian Leopard)
3) Panthera pardus orientalis (North Asian Leopard)
4) †Panthera pardus spelaea (European Leopard)

[Sekiro]

Zanzibar leopard is not extinct it was rediscovered by Forrest galante

[jayexile]

Thank the good Lord the Zanzibar leopard is not extinct footage of one was caught on a camera trap in 2018 search YouTube there's lots of videos about it