Leopard broad diet, and strength (which it uses to move heavy carcasses into trees), as well as its ability to adapt to various habitats ranging from rainforest to steppe, including arid and montane areas, and its ability to run at speeds of up to . Fossil parts dating to the Late Pleistocene were excavated in Europe and Japan. The common name "leopard" () is a Greek compound of "leōn" ("lion") and "pardos" ("male panther"). The name reflects the fact that in antiquity, a leopard was believed to be a hybrid of a lion and a panther. The Greek word is related
Chinese leopard reported, though rare. Chinese leopard The term Chinese leopard refers to any of the following three leopard ("Panthera pardus") subspecies occurring in China: A black leopard from India served as basis for Meyer's description of "Felis fusca" in 1794. This type specimen was on display at the Tower of London. A leopard skin from Korea was described by Schlegel as "Felis orientalis" in 1857. A leopard skin received by the British Museum was described in 1862 by Gray as "Leopardus japonensis". Gray also described a leopard skin from the environs of Peking and named it "Leopardus chinensis". And another leopard