Leopard to Sanskrit ("snake", "tiger" or "panther"), and probably derives from a Mediterranean language, such as Egyptian. The name was first used in the 13th century. Other vernacular names for the leopard include graupanther, panther and several regional names such as "tendwa" in India. The term "black panther" refers to leopards with melanistic genes. A term for the leopard used in Old English and later, but now very uncommon, is "pard". The scientific name of the leopard is "Panthera pardus". The generic name "Panthera" derives from Latin via Greek πάνθηρ ("pánthēr"). The term "panther", whose first recorded use dates back to
Amur leopard of leopards. A female leopard and her cub were featured on "Planet Earth" episodes "Seasonal Forests" and "From Pole to Pole". The female's name is "Skrytnaya", which means 'the secretive one'. The male cub died at the age of around 18 months; he was the result of inbreeding — the cub's father was also Skrytnaya's father. Leopard subspecies: African leopard Arabian leopard Anatolian leopard Persian leopard Indian leopard Indochinese leopard Javan leopard Sri Lankan leopard "Panthera pardus spelaea" Amur leopard The Amur leopard ("Panthera pardus orientalis") is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and northern