#0091 · 🦊 mammals

Leopard

🇳🇱 Luipaard ·Panthera pardus

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The leopard ( Panthera pardus ) /ˈlɛpərd/ is one of the five species in the genus Panthera , a member of the Felidae. The leopard occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because leopard populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and are declining in large parts of the global range. In Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuwait, Syria, Libya, Tunisia and most likely in...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,750iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
14,750 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.