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Indien leopard

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Indien leopard
A male Indien leopard
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Faimily: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: P. pardus
Subspecies: P. p. fusca
Trinomial name
Panthera pardus fusca
(Meyer), 1794

The Indien leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is a leopard subspecies widely distributit on the Indien subcontinent. Leopards ar leetit as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red Leet acause populations hae declined follaein habitat loss an fragmentation, poachin for the illegal trade o skins an bouk pairts, an persecution due tae conflict situations.[1]

The Indien leopard is ane o the five big cats foond in Indie, apairt frae the Asiatic lion, the Bengal teeger, the snaw leopard an the cloodit leopard.

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  1. Stein, A.B.; Athreya, V.; Gerngross, P.; Balme, G.; Henschel, P.; Karanth, U.; Miquelle, D.; Rostro, S.; Kamler, J.F.; Laguardia, A. (2016). "Panthera pardus". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2016.1. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)