Indian Leopard
- November 6, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Indian Leopard
Subject – Environment
Context – Roadkill and extinction risk for leopards in North India
Concept –
- The Indian leopard (Pantherapardusfusca) is a leopard subspecies widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent.
- It is one of the big cats occurring on the Indian subcontinent, apart from the Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, snow leopard and clouded leopard.
- It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Appendix I
- Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Schedule 1
- Habitat – India, Nepal, Bhutan and parts of Pakistan.