Leopards - A Natural History

In this video, all 9 leopard subspecies are covered. It analyzes the difference between the leopard subspecies and what makes them unique.
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[@milindakaushalya]

Superb video 👍

[@loricharpentier1654]

What a magnificent animal!❤

[@user-nq3bw1wy6p]

The romans had access to three leopard subspecies in the colosseum: the African, Arabian,and Persian leopard along with Barbary and asiatic lions and caspian and Bengal tigers

[@indyreno2933]

Nope, just two leopard subspecies, which are the african leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) and the south asian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), the middle eastern and persian leopards are now usually treated as populations of the south asian leopard.

[@matthewzito6130]

Lions and Leopards were also found in some parts of Southern Europe. It's likely that both died out during Roman times.

[@indyreno2933]

@matthewzito6130, except, there had already been a lion and leopard subspecies that once lived in Europe, which were the †European Lion (Panthera leo fossilis) and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea) respectively, with the latter being the most derived of the four recognized leopard subspecies and the former being the most basal of the twelve recognized lion subspecies, both the european lion and european leopard both died out before the Roman times, the Lion (Panthera leo) originated exclusively from Europe, where it shared a more recent and direct ancestor with the †European Jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis), while the Leopard (Panthera pardus) originated exclusively from Africa as a species basal to both the european jaguar and the lion, this makes sense as the genus Panthera originated exclusively from Africa with the †Royal Cat (Panthera principialis) and the †African Jaguar (Panthera shawi) being even more basal species than the leopard, since the Leopard (Panthera pardus) has only four valid subspecies as it originated exclusively from Africa, the most basal of the four leopard subspecies is the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) that is found only in Africa, then followed by the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) that is found in the Middle East, Caucasus, the Persian territories, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, leaving the most recent split to be between the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) that is now found only in Northern China and Far East Russia following its extinction in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, Taiwan, Hainan, Southern China, Mongolia, Nepal, most of Kazakhstan, and the Caspian Sea Coasts and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea) that was once found only in Europe before having gone extinct, whereas the Lion (Panthera leo) has twelve confirmed subspecies as it originated exclusively from Europe, with the †European Lion (Panthera leo fossilis) being the most basal of the twelve lion subspecies, then followed by the split between the Panthera leo persica group (Asiatic Lions) and the Panthera leo leo group (African Lions), where the former contains both the Indian Lion (Panthera leo persica) and the †Sri Lanka Lion (Panthera leo sinhaleyus) and the latter contains the †Egyptian Lion (Panthera leo aegyptiaca), the †Barbary Lion (Panthera leo leo), the West African Lion (Panthera leo senegalensis), the Congo Lion (Panthera leo azandica), the Nubian Lion (Panthera leo nubica), the Ethiopian Lion (Panthera leo roosevelti), the Katanga Lion (Panthera leo bleyenberghi), the Transvaal Lion (Panthera leo krugeri), and the †Cape Lion (Panthera leo melanochaita), the leopards and lions that were found in parts of Southern Europe were actually introduced specimens of the the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), and the †Barbary Lion (Panthera leo leo) respectively.

[@user-nq3bw1wy6p]

@@matthewzito6130 The Romans caught some of the animals from countries they conquered like Barbary and European lions from North Africa and Greece and leopards from North Africa , turkey, Armenia and Syria, bears came from all over the empire from Scotland, Gaul and Germany to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and Armenia,tigers were caught from Armenia and northern Iran but also came from trade with India certain animals came from india via the Silk Road and having direct ports in the subcontinent and with Ceylon Indian animals like: tigers,elephants, rhinoceroses,monkeys,peacocks, asiatic lions, crocodiles and pythons and Sri Lankan leopards from Ceylon , they even trade with sub Saharan African kingdoms and access to animals there like: giraffes, zebras,ostriches, baboons, rhinoceroses, and different types of gazelles and antelopes , Romans had a big animal trading industry shipping animals to Rome and other amphitheaters and became a popular attraction along with gladiator fights causing extinctions in the wild

[@matthewzito6130]

@@indyreno2933 I am aware of the prehistoric Cave Lion. However, I was referring to modern lions that lived in Southern Europe in ancient times. Similarly, there are a number of historic accounts of wild leopards living in and around Greece in ancient times.

[@TropicOfCancer1998]

Good job. Now make it for other mammals too.

[@Fm32350]

Good info!

[@MizCosmopolitan]

Beautiful black leopards!! So sad their population is dwindling down because of us...

[@-BT.Mohamed-]

Please, this is the second time I am asking you the same request... Make a video about the rare desert cheetah that was recently found in the Algerian desert.. Please

[@flamewulf0]

The African range map shown is inaccurate and incomplete. At one time they were found in the Atlas mountains in Morocco/Algeria and there are still leopards living in the mountains of the Western and Eastern Cape of South Africa.

[@stevenpham6734]

this is true!

[@cathimummery6873]

Pretty soon no big cats will have any space they will all be extinct

[@matthewzito6130]

It's strange that there are no Sumatran Leopards.

[@stevenpham6734]

agreed!

[@atanuphukon228]

Population of Leopards in India declined from the last part of the 18th century to the mid part of the 19th century due to the mass wantonly killing of the species by the Europeans along with their families, deployed in India in the name of game hunting for collecting trophies. It mostly occurred in the southern part of the Indian peninsula. Later on the Maharaja of Mysore started his own forest sanctuary where poaching and even carrying of firearms inside the sanctuary was strictly prohibited. Just before independence the British started marking out areas for conservation and preservation of the flora and fauna starting with a reserve in the foothills of the Himalaya which later on became the Jim Corbett national park & tiger reserve after the famous conservationist. It all started with the slaying of maneaters and killers and ended in conservation of the same.

[@AegleCreations]

Thanks for the info!

[@atanuphukon228]

@@AegleCreations more than welcomed.

[@jonathankerr4859]

Cloudy leopard in India?

[@AegleCreations]

They are not classified as an official leopard subspecies, even though they have the word ‘leopard’ in their name.

[@jonathankerr4859]

@@AegleCreations I meant that I wasn’t aware of them being in India.

[@shafqatishan437]

​@@jonathankerr4859you mean Clouded Leopard?

[@jonathankerr4859]

@@shafqatishan437 yeah. Didn’t think it was right. Sounds more like a drink. 😂👍

[@indyreno2933]

Actually, you are incorrect, there are only four valid leopard subspecies not nine or ten, the leopard originated exclusively from Africa, therefore, there are just four valid leopard subspecies: the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea), the Middle Eastern Leopard, Caucasian Leopard, Persian Leopard, Indian Leopard, Sri Lanka Leopard, Indochinese Leopard, and Javan Leopard are all populations of the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), thus making Panthera pardus nimr, Panthera pardus tulliana, Panthera pardus saxicolor, Panthera pardus kotiya, Panthera pardus delacouri, and Panthera pardus melas all junior synonyms of Panthera pardus fusca, and the North China Leopard and Amur Leopard are actually the last two living populations of the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), thus making Panthera pardus japonensis a junior synonym of Panthera pardus orientalis, because the leopard (Panthera pardus) originated exclusively from Africa, the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the most basal of the four leopard subspecies, then followed by the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), leaving the most recent split to be between the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea).

[@shafqatishan437]

You again! Indy liar!😂😂😂

[@indyreno2933]

@shafqatishan437, it is not a lie, there are only four leopard subspecies in validity, the Leopard (Panthera pardus) originated exclusively from Africa and the most basal of the four leopard subspecies is the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), the second most basal leopard subspecies is the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), and the two most derived leopard subspecies are the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) and the †European Leopard (Panthera pardus spelaea), based on this, african leopards used to be multiple subspecies, but all african leopard populations are now officially subsumed into Panthera pardus pardus, thus making the african leopard only one subspecies and the other trinomial scientific names junior synonyms of Panthera pardus pardus, the middle eastern leopard, the caucasian leopard, the persian leopard, the indian leopard, the sri lanka leopard, the indochinese leopard, and the javan leopard are all populations of the South Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), thus treating Panthera pardus nimr, Panthera pardus tulliana, Panthera pardus saxicolor, Panthera pardus kotiya, Panthera pardus delacouri, and Panthera pardus melas all as junior synonyms of Panthera pardus fusca, and the north china leopard and amur leopard are the last two surviving populations of the North Asian Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), thus making Panthera pardus japonensis a junior synonym of Panthera pardus orientalis.