Biology:Asiatic leopard

African leopard at Etosha National Park

The names Asiatic leopard and Asian leopard refer to any of the following leopard (Panthera pardus) subspecies in Asia:

• Amur leopard (P. p. orientalis)
• Anatolian or Persian leopard (P. p. tulliana)
• Arabian leopard (P. p. nimr)
• Indian leopard (P. p. fusca)
• Indochinese leopard (P. p. delacouri)
• Javan leopard (P. p. melas)
• Sri Lankan leopard (P. p. kotiya)

Two other species are also found in Asia, though are completely different species unrelated to the above. They are:

• Snow leopard (P. uncia)
• Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)