Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats
           Subfamily Pantherinae Pocock, 1917
             Genus Panthera Oken, 1816 - big cats
               Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) - leopard
                 1 [Panthera pardus pardus] (Linnaeus, 1758)
                 2 Panthera pardus delacouri Pocock, 1930
                 3 Panthera pardus fusca (Meyer, 1794)
                 4 Panthera pardus japonensis (Gray, 1862)
                 5 Panthera pardus kotiya Deraniyagala, 1949
                 6 Panthera pardus melas (Cuvier, 1809)
                 7 Panthera pardus nimr (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
                 8 Panthera pardus orientalis (Schlegel, 1857)