(05-17-2019, 11:04 AM)Luipaard Wrote: There are Persian leopards roaming in Kazakhstan and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. However; these are transcontinental countries who are partially located in both Europe and Asia. Armenia politically are considered a European country, although it's geographically located in West Asia.

From The Ustyurt Leopard now has a home and a name (link)

"Last October, for the first time on record in Kazakhstan, one of the world’s rarest species, the Persian leopard (or Caucasian leopard), was spotted and photographed on the territory of the Ustyurt Nature Reserve."

"On October 24, 2018 the experts reported that a trail camera had captured the leopard on the territory of the Ustyurt Nature Reserve. The leopard migrated to the Reserve’s lands from Turkmenistan."

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"This was the very first evidence of a live leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica) on the territory of Kazakhstan. The previous cases registered in Kazakhstan, in Zhambyl region in 2000 and in Mangystau Region in 2015, unfortunately, resulted in the murder of the animals."

"In February 2019, a few days ago, new data from the trail cameras were received which, to the great joy of everyone involved, confirmed that the leopard still lived on the Reserve’s land and, according to the experts, “looked very well”."

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(05-17-2019, 11:04 AM)Luipaard Wrote:

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Quote: In April 2001, an adult female was shot on the border to Kabardino-Balkaria, her two cubs captured and taken to the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia.[11] During surveys in the Caucasus in 2007, the presence of leopard was confirmed, but it was estimated that the population comprises less than 50 individuals in the region.[16]

(05-20-2019, 01:05 AM)Styx38 Wrote:

(05-17-2019, 11:04 AM)Luipaard Wrote:

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What did he eat? Did they mention the animal killed (or possibly scavenged) by the Leopard?



Anyway, they seem to be in small, scattered populations in the North Caucasus:

Quote: In April 2001, an adult female was shot on the border to Kabardino-Balkaria, her two cubs captured and taken to the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia.[11] During surveys in the Caucasus in 2007, the presence of leopard was confirmed, but it was estimated that the population comprises less than 50 individuals in the region.[16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_leopard#North_Caucasus
 Leopards live here because the Caucasus divides Europe and Asia. 
What would would be fascinating would be Leopards in French or German ecosystems. Even an area like the Ukraine would be surprising.
Hypothetically speaking, if Anatolia was still under Byzantine rule, the Leopards there would not only be considered European, but also have a great connection with mainstream European culture and tourism.