Detail of plate from Faraḥ nāmah
Date between 1600 and 1700
Source Faraḥ nāmah (Farah’s Encyclopedia of Nature). ca. 1600-1700
Manuscript housed in Medical Historical Library in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
Author al-Muṭahhar ibn Muḥammad al-Yazdi
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The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the four 'big cats' of the genus Panthera. The leopard is a member of the family Felidae with a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. Leopards have the largest distribution of any wild cat, occurring widely in Africa as well as eastern and southern Asia. |
