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| Ghoddousi, A.; Hamidi, A.H.K.; Ghadirian, T.; Ashayeri, D.; Moshiri, H.; Khorozyan, I. | |
| The Status of the Persian Leopard in Bamu National Park, Iran | |
| 2008 Cat News (49): 10-13 | |
The Persian leopard _Panthera pardus saxicolor_ is the largest member of eight felid species surviving today in Iran, after the extinction of the Asiatic lion _Panthera leo persica_ and the Caspian tiger _Panthera tigris virgata_ in the past 70 years. The stronghold of this endangered subspecies is Iran. Over the past 25 years the Persian leopard was exterminated in many areas of its global range and in the others its numbers have plummeted. Bamu National Park (BNP) has long been one of the best habitats for the subspecies in southern Iran, but leopards there face severe threats nowadays. |
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