🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Panthera pardus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Panthera
Species
Panthera pardus
Leopard (Panthera pardus)📸 Photo

Photo: Sumeet Moghe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source

Mammalia🥩 Carnivore

Leopard

Panthera pardus (Leopard · ヒョウ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)VU (Vulnerable)
DDData Deficient
LCLeast Concern
NTNear Threatened
VUVulnerable
ENEndangered
CRCritically End.
EWExtinct in Wild
EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) (subspecies Panthera pardus orientalis)

Geological Era
Extant
Diet
Carnivore
Length · Height
1.6~2.3m · No data
Mass · Top Speed
31~65kg · 60km/h
Habitat & Fossil Locality
Forests, grasslands, mountains, scrub, and deserts of Africa and Asia

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

  • 💡 A top speed of 60 km/h matches the speed of a car on a city road with a 60 km/h limit (Comparison).
  • 💡 A male's maximum weight of 65 kg is about the weight of an adult human (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)
⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)54
⚡ Speed Index (400 km/h = 100)15

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#표범#Panthera pardus

📖 1. Overview

The Leopard is a large wild cat widely distributed across forests, grasslands, mountains, and deserts of Africa and Asia.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Males weigh 31–65 kg and females weigh 17–58 kg, making males larger, and it can sprint up to 60 km/h over short distances.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

An ambush predator, it mainly hunts medium-sized ungulates weighing about 10–40 kg as well as birds, reptiles, and rodents. Gestation lasts about 96 days, and females give birth to 2–3 cubs per litter.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

In the National List of Species of Korea, the subspecies Panthera pardus orientalis is designated as Class I endangered wildlife (Korea).

📚 Sources & References

Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.

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DATA & LICENSE

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② Summaries: Wikipedia

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③ Measurements & IUCN Status

Length, mass, and speed are representative estimates from published literature. Conservation status follows IUCN Red List categories (iucnredlist.org).

④ Silhouettes & Scale Diagrams

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