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| | name = Barbary leopard | |||
| | image = The last barbary leopard.jpg | |||
| <!-- | status = CR | |||
| | status_system = IUCN3.1 --> | |||
| | genus = Panthera | |||
| | species = pardus | |||
| | species_link = Leopard | |||
| | subspecies = panthera | |||
| | authority = (], 1777) | |||
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| The '''Barbary leopard''' or '''North African leopard''' from the ] of ] has initially been described as a ] subspecies (''Panthera pardus panthera'') in the late 18th century. Following ] in the 1990s, this population is grouped with the ] (''P. p. pardus'').<ref>{{cite journal | last = Miththapala | first =S. |author2=Seidensticker, J. |author3=O'Brien, S. J. | year =1996 | title = Phylogeographic Subspecies Recognition in Leopards (''P. pardus''): Molecular Genetic Variation | journal =Conservation Biology | volume =10 | issue =4 | pages =1115–1132 | doi = 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041115.x }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Uphyrkina|first=O. |last2=Johnson |first2=E.W. |last3=Quigley |first3=H. |last4=Miquelle |first4=D. |last5=Marker |first5=L. |last6=Bush |first6=M. |last7=O'Brien |first7=S. J. |year=2001 |title=Phylogenetics, genome diversity and origin of modern leopard, ''Panthera pardus''|journal=Molecular Ecology |volume=10|issue=11 |pages=2617–2633 |url=http://www.biosoil.ru/files/00001386.pdf|format=PDF|doi=10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01350.x|pmid=11883877}}</ref> | |||
| == Distribution and habitat == | |||
| ] pulled by two Barbary leopards, ] Museum, ].]] | |||
| Leopards are rare in northern Africa. Only small populations persist in the Atlas Mountains of ] and ], in forest and mountain steppe in elevations of {{convert|300|to|2500|m|ft|abbr=on}}, where the climate is temperate to cold.<ref>Cuzin, F. (2003). . Ph.D. Thesis, Laboratoire de Biogéographie et Ecologie des Vertèbrés, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Université Montpellier II.</ref><ref>Busby, G. B. J., Gottelli, D., Durant, S., Wacher, T., Marker, L., Belbachir, F., de Smet, K., Belbachir-Bazi, A., Fellous, A. and Belghoul, M. (2006). A Report from the Sahelo Saharan Interest Group - Parc National de l'Ahaggar Survey, Algeria (March 2005). Part 5: Using Molecular Genetics to study the Presence of Endangered Carnivores.</ref> | |||
| In 2014, a leopard was killed in the ] in southeastern ].<ref name=Soultan2017>{{Cite journal |author=Soultan, A. |author2=Attum, O. |author3=Hamada, A. |author4=Hatab, E. |author5=Ahmed, S. E. |author6=Eisa, A. |author7=Sharif, I. |author8=Nagy, A. |author9=Shohdi, W. |date=2017 |title=Recent observation for leopard ''Panthera pardus'' in Egypt |journal=Mammalia |volume=81 |issue=1 |pages=115–117 |doi=10.1515/mammalia-2015-0089}}</ref> | |||
| == Ecology == | |||
| The ] also lives in this area and habitat.<ref>Van Lavieren, E. (2012). The Barbary Macaque (''Macaca sylvanus''); A unique endangered primate species struggling to survive. Revista Eubacteria, (30): 1–4.</ref> The leopard acts as a predator of the macaque,<ref name="Emmanuel1982">{{cite journal |last=Emmanuel |first=John |title=A Survey Of Population and Habitat of the Barbary Macaqu Macaca Sylvanus L. In North Morocco |journal=Biologoical Conservation |date=September 1982 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=45–66 |doi=10.1016/0006-3207(82)90046-5}}</ref> and nowadays, there are no ] ]s and ] in the Atlas region to compete with leopards over prey.<ref name="Bryden1899">Bryden, H. A. (ed.) (1899). Rowland Ward Ltd., London. Pp. 544–608.</ref><ref name=Schaller>], p. 220–21.</ref><ref name="NowellJackson1996">{{Cite book |author1=Nowell, Kristin |author2=Jackson, Peter |title= Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan |url=http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf |format=PDF |year=1996 |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |location= Gland, Switzerland |isbn=2-8317-0045-0 |pages=1–334 |chapter= }}</ref> | |||
| == See also == | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
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