STATUS OF THE LEOPARD

WORLDWIDE, THE LEOPARD (PANTHERA PARDUS) HAS LOST UP TO 75% OF ITS HISTORICAL HABITAT

HistoricAL DISTRIBUTION of Leopard Subspecies

p.p. saxicolor p.p. orientalis Persian Leopard Amur Leopard Found across the Caucasus and Historically found through the Chinese southwest Asia, P. p. saxicolor is and Russian Far East and the Korean the largest of the 9 subspecies peninsula, P. p. orientalis is the most critically endangered subspecies p.p. fusca p.p. japonensis Indian Leopard Chinese Leopard P. p. fusca was found across P. p. japonensis was once widely the Indian subcontinent found throughout central and p.p. nimr northern China Arabian Leopard The smallest of the subspecies, p.p. delacouri P. p. nimr was only found on Indochinese Leopard the Arabian peninsula P.p. delacouri was widespread throughout Southeast Asia p.p. pardus African Leopard p.p. melas The most widespread subspecies, Javan Leopard P.p. pardus was found throughout Africa Restricted to the island of Java, Indonesia, P. p. melas is one of two island subspecies p.p. kotiya Sri Lankan Leopard P. p. kotiya is a subspecies that can only be found on the island of Sri Lanka

remaining habitat per subspecies

33% 2% 28% 16% 37% 2% 2% 4% 16% P.P. PARDUS P.P. NIMR P.P. FUSCA P.P. SAXICOLOR P.P. KOTIYA P.P. ORIENTALIS P.P. JAPONENSIS P.P. DELACOURI P.P. MELAS

Current habitat: 6 subspecies account for just 3% 97% 3%

RESEARCH ATTENTION RESEARCH some of The most endangered subspecies receive the least amount of attention <10% of studies focus on the 3 subspecies that have each lost up to 98% of their distribution >80% of studies focus on the 3 subspecies that make up 97% of the current leopard range

Leopard (Panthera pardus) status, distribution, and the research efforts across its range by Jacobson et al., 2016 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1974 COMMUN TERRACATIONS www.terracommunications.org