Ecology

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The EcoChart is a pie chart showing the relative likelihood of observing particular other species commonly observed near Panthera pardus. Likelhood considers both the frequency with which Panthera pardus is observed at all locations where it has been reported, and the number of observations of all other species at each of those locations. A species that is common where Panthera pardus is common will have a higher score than if only one of these species is common at that location.
The Top Species lists enumerate those species most commonly observed near Panthera pardus.
While the chart, lists, and wheel are empirically based on observations, observations favor some phyla over others. Typically Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, and Arthropods are more common in the field than in our records.
In the section Characteristics of Habitat, we make some habitat inferences based on the known habitat preferences of those species most commonly associated with Panthera pardus.

Species Most Often Observed near Panthera pardus

EcoChart

Top Species

These species are those which most commonly occur in our observation database near Panthera pardus. Observations favor some phyla over others. Typically Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, and Arthropods are more common in the field than in our records.

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Top Mammals

Top Amphibians

Top Fish

Top Arthropods

Top Plants

Top Other

Characteristics of Habitat

Range and Population:

Countries:Native:
Afghanistan; Algeria; Angola; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Indonesia (Jawa); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kenya; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Lesotho; Liberia; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Niger; Nigeria; Oman; Pakistan; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tajikistan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Uzbekistan; Viet Nam; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Regionally extinct:
Hong Kong; Kuwait; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Singapore; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia

Possibly extinct regionally:
Egypt; Korea, Republic of; Lebanon; Morocco; United Arab Emirates

Uncertain presence and origin:
Mauritania; Swaziland

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Population:The Leopard is a good example of an adaptable, widespread species that nonetheless has many threatened subpopulations. While still numerous and even thriving in marginal habitats from which the other big cats have disappeared in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, in North Africa leopards are on the verge of extinction, or may already have disappeared. The most recent record from Morocco is from the early 1990s. Across Southwest and Central Asia Leopard populations are small, threatened and widely separated. Leopards are relatively abundant still in India, China, and Southeast Asia, but are Critically Endangered in the northeast of this range. The Amur leopard, characterized by its large rosettes and lush winter coat, has been reduced to very small populations in Russia, China and North Korea. The Leopard is also rare and threatened on the islands of Java and Sri Lanka. Population Trend: Down

Habitat and Ecology

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Biome:

Terrestrial

Ecology Notes:

In sub-Saharan Africa, they are found in all habitats with annual rainfall above 50 mm and can penetrate areas with less than this amount of rainfall along river courses. The leopard is the only African cat species which occupies both rainforest and arid desert habitats. In Southwest and Central Asia, leopards formerly occupied a range of habitats, but now are confined chiefly to the more remote montane and rugged foothill areas. Through India and Southeast Asia, leopards are found in all forest types, from tropical rainforest to the temperate deciduous and alpine coniferous, and also occur in dry scrub and grasslands (Nowell and Jackson 1996).[1]

List of Habitats:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 2.1Savanna - Dry 3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 4.4Grassland - Temperate 4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 8.1Desert - Hot

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Footnotes

Cat Specialist Group 2002. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]