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Ngala · 12-03-2016, 03:46 AM

This thread is dedicated to the Indochinese Leopards. Share photos, videos, data and all information about these leopards.

The Indochinese Leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) is a leopard subspecies that inhabit the dense tropical rainforest of the mainland of the Indochina Peninsula and southern China. Considered extinct in Singapore, like extinct in Vietnam and Laos, nearly extinct in Cambodia and South China, the last populations is from Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia, but the distribution remains highly fragmented. "There are plausibly only two major strongholds remaining" - Rostro-García et al., 2016 says - "which we consider priority sites: Peninsular Malaysia, and the Northern Tenasserim Forest Complex. We also identified a small isolated population in eastern Cambodia as a third priority site, because of its uniqueness and high conservation value."

"The Indochinese Leopard now occurs only in 6.2% of its historical range." (Rostro-García et al., 2016)

In this population, like the Javan Leopards, and sometimes in the Indian Leopards, the melanic form is very common.

Classified "Endangered" by "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species", the population is estimated in 973–2503 individuals, with only 409–1051 breeding adults specimens. (Rostro-García et al., 2016)

"Increased poaching for the illegal wildlife trade likely is the main factor causing the decline of the Indochinese leopard. Other potential contributing factors include prey declines, habitat destruction, and possibly disease." (Rostro-García et al., 2016)

The deforestation rate in South-east Asia is the highest of all tropical regions, and the rate is still increasing. (Sodhi et al., 2010, Miettinen et al., 2011)

For more information about:
Endangered leopards: Range collapse of the Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) in Southeast Asia (Rostro-García et al., 2016) - Full Article
Panthera pardus (Leopard) from "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species"

Some photos about this subspecies:

Indochinese Leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) caught with camera trap in Mondulkiri Protected Forest, Cambodia. Credits to WWF Cambodia.