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Barbary leopard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Panthera
Species:	P. pardus
Subspecies:	P. p. panthera
Trinomial name
Panthera pardus panthera (Schreber, 1777)

The Barbary leopard or North African leopard from the Atlas Mountains of North Africa has initially been described as a leopard subspecies (Panthera pardus panthera) in the late 18th century. Following genetic analysis in the 1990s, this population is grouped with the African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus).

Leopards are rare in northern Africa. Only small populations persist in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria and a few may remain in Egypt. With their dense fur, they are well adapted to the cool mountain habitat. They prey on Barbary macaques, gazelles and small animals.

References

1. Miththapala, S.; Seidensticker, J.; O'Brien, S. J. (1996). "Phylogeographic Subspecies Recognition in Leopards (P. pardus): Molecular Genetic Variation". Conservation Biology. 10 (4): 1115–1132. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041115.x.
2. Uphyrkina, O.; Johnson, E.W.; Quigley, H.; Miquelle, D.; Marker, L.; Bush, M.; O'Brien, S. J. (2001). "Phylogenetics, genome diversity and origin of modern leopard, Panthera pardus" (PDF). Molecular Ecology. 10 (11): 2617–2633. doi:10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01350.x. PMID 11883877.
3. Nowell, K., Jackson, P. (1996). Wild cats: status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN Gland, Switzerland. ISBN 2-8317-0045-0

External links

• Video of the Barbary Leopard in the wild (broken link)
• Examining the Extinction of the Barbary Lion and Its Implications for Felid Conservation

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