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
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