African leopard: Difference between revisions

The '''African leopard''' (''Panthera pardus pardus'') is the leopard nominate subspecies native to many countries in Africa. It is widely distributed in most of [[sub-Saharan Africa]], but the historical range has been fragmented in the course of habitat conversion.<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN |assessor=Stein, A. B. |assessor2=Athreya, V. |assessor3=Gerngross, P. |assessor4=Balme, G. |assessor5=Henschel, P. |assessor6=Karanth, U. |assessor7=Miquelle, D. |assessor8=Rostro, S. |assessor9=Kamler, J. F. |assessor10=Laguardia, A. |taxon=Panthera pardus |year=2016 |id=15954 |version=2016.2 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T15954A50659089.en}}</ref> Leopards have been recorded in [[North Africa]] as well.<ref name="Miththapala et al, 1996">{{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 name="Uphyrkina et al., 2001">{{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>