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Atlas or Barbary leopard
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Atlas or Barbary leopard
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Formerly classified with the scientific name Panthera pardus panthera, before being subsumed to Panthera pardus pardus (the nominate subspecies in Africa) in possibly 1996, aside from the controversy of whether or not African leopards should really be treated as a single subspecies (see this thread), the Atlas or Barbary leopard is an either extinct or endangered population of leopards from the Maghreb (Northwest Africa): https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/d...10041115.x, http://www.biosoil.ru/files/00001386.pdf, https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/hand...=y#page=73, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...ode=imdn21
Dated to the 21st of May, 2005, Schizoform said regarding this photograph of a leopardess (sic): "very sad. this is the last surviving Barbary leopard. and you know what? she's old and fat, and lives in a chain-link cage. it's like being sent to a retirement home, except people pay five bucks to take photos through the fence." https://www.flickr.com/photos/schizoform/41647289 Image of the Atlas lion, brown bear and leopard from the Maghreb, by Joseph J. Ortega:  *This image is copyright of its original author Video: 
From the other thread .
Stuffed leopard  *This image is copyright of its original author And the live cub  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (02-17-2020, 02:19 AM)Rage2277 Wrote:(02-17-2020, 01:31 AM)Lycaon Wrote: This video contains some atlas leopard footage. The caprines do look like Barbary sheep: Credit: MJLepper  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (02-17-2020, 01:03 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote:(02-17-2020, 02:19 AM)Rage2277 Wrote:(02-17-2020, 01:31 AM)Lycaon Wrote: This video contains some atlas leopard footage. no doubt but that's def a captive indian leopard these documentaries are hilarious they just had a captive leopard walking around in an area similar to where the sheep were lol nowadays with more awareness i see their little tricks filming at diff times using diff animals in similar areas a mix of captive and wild footage ect its so obvious now and i hate it lol 
The information about the size of this leopard population, presented by @chui_, is very important and should be here too. Here is the link, post 173: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-on-the-...us?page=12
More info regarding this population:
Algeria Status: Possibly Present Last Record: 2005 (Busby et al., 2009) The leopard historically occurred along forested regions of the Mediterranean coastline and extended inland to the Tell and Saharan Atlas mountain ranges. Over a period of just ten years, between 1873 and 1884, more than 1,200 leopards were killed throughout Algeria. The leopard was hunted for skins and for the bounty provided by the colonial administration. The leopard declined rapidly under the intense hunting pressure, nearly went extinct, and has not recovered in the following decades. The leopard may remain at very low numbers in the western Saharan Atlas Mountains and extend into Morocco. In 2007, Fabrice Cuzin reported a probable leopard presence near Figuig, Morocco and although unconfirmed reports continue there have been no confirmed sightings. The area is a military zone with restricted access, which has prevented access for detailed ecological surveys, but has also probably reduced poaching as large prey items such as Barbary sheep, and Dorcas and Cuvier’s gazelle remain. There is insufficient data to claim this population is extirpated although the population has likely been critically small for decades. In 2005, Busby et al. (2009) identified a single leopard scat via genetic analysis from the Ahaggar massif of Algeria, the first confirmed report of leopard in Algeria in over 50 years. However, leopards were never known to be present here before (although it is possible they were at low densities and simply overlooked or confused with cheetah) and it is far from existing populations. More research to confirm the leopard in this region is needed. Prior to this, leopards were thought to be extinct in Algeria since the mid-20th century. The last confirmed evidence of leopards in Algeria prior to Busby et al. (2009) was a report of a leopard killed in the extreme northeast province of El Tarf near El Kala in 1960. Morocco Status: Possibly Extinct Last Record: 1983 (Drucker, 1991) Historically, the leopard occurred in Morocco's Mediterranean coastal regions and the Atlas Mountains, but by the 1950’s the only remaining population was located in the Mid- (between Fes and Beni Mellal) and High Atlas (region of Marrakech) Mountains, where a population of 50-100 individuals were thought to still reside. The population declined over the 1980’s and 1990’s due to trophy hunting, retaliatory killings, and perceived threats to livestock. Approximately 5-10 individuals were reported as “Morocco’s last remaining population” in 1984 in the Oued-el-Abid/Bou Tferda region of the High Atlas Mountains. The last confirmed killing of a leopard was a female at Idis, near Bou Tferda (Beni Mellal Province) in 1983. By 1996, the leopard population in the Atlas Mountains was estimated at no more than five individuals. Despite the small population, there continue to be reports of leopard around Bou Tferda into the 2000’s. In the Saharan Atlas Mountains, Fabrice Cuzin reported a probable record in 2007 on the Morocco-Algeria border near Figuig. However, the region near Figuig is a military area with limited access and no reliable living records have been seen since. Tunisia Status: Extinct Last Record: NA The few historical records available indicate that the leopard in Tunisia was restricted to the Tébessa Mountains, and previously forested regions in the northern part of the country. In 1961, they were thought to exist in the forests between Bizerta and Tabarka, and in the mountain scrub at Tamerza (Chapuis) but are suspected to have gone extinct before 1970. -All info comes from 'Profiles for Leopard (Panthera pardus) Range Countries'
L'Histoire de Ghardimaou
Leopard shot at the Algerian Tunisian town of Ghardimaou.  *This image is copyright of its original author
(10-13-2020, 03:01 AM)Lycaon Wrote: L'Histoire de Ghardimaou It's in western Tunisia, near the border with Algeria: https://www.facebook.com/LHistoire-de-Gh...436134368/ And here is another photo from the same page, but the red Arabic caption at the bottom incorrectly says Al-Fahd Al-Barbary (الفهد البربري, meaning "The Barbary Cheetah"), and the same phrase was used for the photo which you showed: https://www.facebook.com/LHistoire-de-Gh...1697323005 It's hard to say if these are tigers or leopards, with the exception of the black panther: https://www.facebook.com/LHistoire-de-Gh...849507993/ Fauna of North Africa, aside from some of the photos of extant animals (like the Asiatic elephant, Elephas maximus, instead of the extinct North African elephant, Loxodonta africana pharaohensis): https://www.facebook.com/LHistoire-de-Gh...843913792/ Other photos or pictures: https://www.facebook.com/LHistoire-de-Gh...e_internal
one pet peeve of mine is seeing people use fahed instead of nimer for leopards in arabic and vice versa.
A leopard hunted around the town of azrou in morocco.
 *This image is copyright of its original author Source : https://dafina.net/forums/read.php?52,171542,page=49
An Algerian leopard hunted:
 *This image is copyright of its original author The skin of one:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author An article of one shot in Morocco:  *This image is copyright of its original author
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