Kashmir leopard
| Kashmir leopard | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
| Species: | P. pardus |
| Subspecies: | P. p. millardi (Pocock, 1930) |
| Trinomial name | |
| Panthera pardus millardi Pocock, 1930 | |
The Kashmir leopard was proposed as a subspecies of leopard in the Twentieth Century, with the taxonomic name "Panthera pardus millardi" (Pocock, 1930), native to Kashmir, in the Indian subcontinent and South Asia.[1][2] Whether or not it is a subspecies of leopard, separate from the Indian leopard remains to be seen, as with the Nepal leopard.[1]
References
- 1 2 Miththapala, S.; Seidensticker, J.; O'Brien, S. J. (1996). "Phylogeographic Subspecies Recognition in Leopards (P. pardus): Molecular Genetic Variation". Conservation Biology 10 (4): 1115–1132. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041115.x.
- ↑ Uphyrkina, O.; Johnson, E.W.; Quigley, H.; Miquelle, D.; Marker, L.; Bush, M.; O'Brien, S. J. (2001). "Phylogenetics, genome diversity and origin of modern leopard, Panthera pardus" (PDF). Molecular Ecology 10 (11): 2617–2633. doi:10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01350.x. PMID 11883877.
See also
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