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{{Taxobox
| name = Barbary leopard
| status = CR
| status_system = iucn3.1
| image = The last barbary leopard.jpg
| regnum = ]ia
| phylum = ]
| classis = ]ia
| ordo = ]
| familia = ]
| genus = '']''
| species = '']''
| subspecies = '''''P. p. panthera'''''
| trinomial = ''Panthera pardus panthera''
| trinomial_authority = (], 1777)
| synonyms = North African leopard
}}
The '''Barbary leopard''' or '''North African leopard''' has been described originally as a separate subspecies (''Panthera pardus panthera'') of the ]. It is native to the ] of ]. However, according to recent genetic data, the subspecies status is probably not valid, because there are no significant genetic differences to other African leopards, which are supposed to represent one single subspecies, the ] (''Panthera pardus pardus'').<ref name=Uphyrkina>{{cite journal | last =Uphyrkina | first =O. |author2=Johnson, E.W.|date=November 2001 | title = Phylogenetics, genome diversity and origin of modern leopard, ''Panthera pardus'' | journal =Molecular Ecology | volume =10 | issue =11 | pages = 2617–2633 | url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01350.x?cookieSet=1 | accessdate =2008-08-06 | doi = 10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01350.x | pmid =11883877 |display-authors=etal}}</ref>


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The leopard is very rare in northern Africa. Only small populations persist in the Atlas Mountains of ] and ] and a few may remain in ].<ref name="Ref_">Kristin Nowell,Peter Jackson,IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group: ''Wild cats: status survey and conservation action plan''. Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature et de ses Ressources,Switzerland (Juni 1993). ISBN 2-8317-0045-0</ref>
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This subspecies has a very thick coat of fur, as compared to other leopards, that suits its cold mountain habitat. It preys on ]s, ] and some small animals.<ref name="Ref_a">Breitenmoser, U., Breitenmoser-Wursten, C., Henschel, P. & Hunter, L. 2008. {{IUCNlink|15954|Panthera pardus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.}} Version 2009.1.</ref>

==References==
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