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| Kittle, A.; Watson, A. | |
| Report on the status and distribution of the Sri Lankan leopard (_Panthera pardus kotiya_) for the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) | |
| 2005 Full Book | |
The leopard _(Panthera pardus kotiya_) is the largest of four wildcat species recorded in Sri Lanka where it is the island's only big cat and its top predator. This population has evolved geographically separated from the mainland species _Panthera pardus fusca__ _and is now recognized as one of the nine subspecies of_ Panthera pardus__ _currently extant in the world (Uphyrkina et al 2001; Miththapala et al 1996). While leopards are considered endangered and listed on CITES Appendix I throughout their Asiatic range, this isolation and subsequent subspecies designation underlines the precarious status of this island leopard. |
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