Turkmenistan is the home for the world’s second largest population of the Persian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana) after Iran. The IUCN Red List classifies this subspecies of leopard as ‘Endangered’, and, according to various estimates, it inhabits from nine to thirteen countries as in some of them the species numbers have declined to single individuals.
Panthera pardus
| CMS Instruments | CMS, African Carnivores Initiative, Central Asian Mammals Initiative |
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| IUCN Status | Vulnerable |
| Date of entry in Appendix II | 2017 |
| Countries | Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chad, China, Congo (Brazzaville), Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, 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, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
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| English | Leopard, Panther |
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| French | Panthère, Léopard |
| Spanish | Leopardo, Pantera |
| German | Leopard, Panther |
| Class | Mammalia |
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| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Felidae |
| Scientific name | Panthera pardus |
| Author | Linnaeus 1758 |
| Synonyms | Felis pardus |
Current Focus
E-Newsletter: CAMI Newsletter May 2022
Publication: Guidelines for Addressing the Impact of Linear Infrastructure on Large Migratory Mammals in Central Asia
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