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
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