leopard (Panthera pardus)

Query: felidae

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Artist Jacques Christophe Werner (1798–1856)
Creator:C. de Lasteyrie
Description
Felis pardus
Date 1818-1842
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, Histoire naturelle des mammifères, pl. 118
Old Latin name Felis pardus
New Latin name Panthera pardus
Common name Nederlands: Panter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felis_pardus_-_1818-1842_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ22100228.tif

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.

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