- Sinai Leopard
Taxobox
name = Sinai Leopard
status = PE
image_width=200px
trend = down
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Carnivora
familia =Felidae
genus = "Panthera "
species = "P. pardus"
subspecies = "P. p. jarvisi"
trinomial = "Panthera pardus jarvisi"
trinomial_authority = Pocock, 1932The Sinai Leopard is population of
leopard found in the Sinai peninsula and the mountains of the cityEilat . It has been described as a distinct leopard subspecies ("Panthera pardus jarvisi"), however genetic analysis indicate that it belongs to thePersian leopard subspecies ("Panthera pardus saxicolor") cite journal | last = Miththapala | first =Sriyanie | coauthors =Seidensticker, John; O'Brien, Stephen J. | year =1996 | month =August | title = Phylogeographic Subspecies Recognition in Leopards ("P. pardus"): Molecular Genetic Variation. | journal =Conservation Biology | volume =10 | issue =4 | pages =1115–1132 | id = | url =http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041115.x | accessdate = 2008-06-06 | quote = | doi = 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041115.x ] . It is much smaller than theAfrican Leopard and prefers to hunt birds, mice, and rock hyrax Fact|date=August 2008; however, it will eatibex es and other small livestock if they are available.The
Bedouin (tribesman) have likely hunted it into extinction. It is not known if there are any left living in the wild.References
External links
*http://planet-mammiferes.org/sespece.php?indice=Panthera+pardus+jarvisi
*http://www.nhpa.co.uk/bin/nhpa.dll/go?a=disp&t=uswinpreview.html&rsw=1&si=CCF85ED7400949EE91133AD4028605&ir=00002715&hidenav=NaN
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