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A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).
- The leopard (Panthera pardus or Felis pardus cf tulliana) is a close relative of the lion, but biblical references mentioning it are very few, suggesting that it was not as common.
- Leopard skins have always been desirable commodities because of their spectacular spotted patterns.
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A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).; The male of the species P. pardus, as distinguished from a leopardess.especially
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A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.broadly
- There are plenty of beautiful cats among the thirty-nine species in the Felidae family, but the three leopards—clouded, common, and snow—may be the most visually stunning. Cloaked in the most beautiful fur of any cat, the reclusive clouded
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A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.; A clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa or Neofelis diardi), a large wild cat native to Asia.broadly
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A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.; The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a large wild cat native to Asia.broadly
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A lion passant guardant.
- Sometimes there is confusion over the heraldic leopard, the question being—When is a leopard not a leopard? There is a theory that the lion and leopard were the same thing, and that they were named entirely depending on their attitude—thus
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Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Phalanta, having black markings on an orange base.
syn. common leopard · pard · pardal