Leopard the 13th century AD, generally refers to the leopard, and less often to the cougar and the jaguar. Alternative origins suggested for "Panthera" include an Indo-Iranian word meaning "white-yellow" or "pale". In Sanskrit, this could have been derived from पाण्डर "pāṇḍara" ("tiger"), which in turn comes from पुण्डरीक "puṇḍárīka" (with the same meaning). The specific name "pardus" is derived from the Greek ("pardos") ("male panther"). The leopard is one of the five extant species of the genus "Panthera", which also includes the jaguar ("P. onca"), the lion ("P. leo"), the snow leopard ("P. uncia") and the tiger ("P. tigris"). This
Clouded leopard clouded leopard under the scientific name "Felis nebulosa". Brian Houghton Hodgson proposed "Felis macrosceloides" based on a clouded leopard specimen from Nepal in 1841. Robert Swinhoe proposed "Felis brachyura" in 1862 based on a Formosan clouded leopard. the clouded leopard specimen from Taiwan. In 1867, John Edward Gray subordinated all three to the genus "Neofelis". At present, "N. nebulosa" is considered a monotypic species due to lack of evidence for subspecification. The other "Neofelis" species is the Sunda clouded leopard, which was considered a subspecies of "N. nebulosa" until 2006. Genetic analysis of hair samples of the two "Neofelis" species