Leopard



Scientific Name: Panthera pardus

Common Name(s): Luiperd (Afrikaans)
Chui (Swahili)
Ingwe (Zulu)

Status: Near Threatened

Estimated Population: 50,000 breeding adults (Africa)

Population Trend: Decreasing

Threats:                         Habitat loss, deforestation and logging; poaching, fur, trophy; farmers, fears
                                     of livestock losses, retaliatory, false persecution; human enroachment.

Range:                           While present in many countries, it is endangered throughout most of its range:                                      Afghanistan; Algeria; Angola; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Benin;                                      Bhutan; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central                                      African Republic; Chad; China; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of                                      the; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia;                                      Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Indonesia;                                      Iran, Islamic Republic of; Israel; Jordan; Kenya; Korea, Democratic People's                                      Republic of; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Liberia; Malawi; Malaysia;                                      Mali; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Niger; Nigeria;                                      Oman; Pakistan; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Sierra                                      Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Swaziland; Tajikistan;                                      Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Turkey; Turkmenistan;                                      Uganda; United Arab Emirates; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Yemen; Zambia;                                      Zimbabwe.

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