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
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