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)
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