Leopard vs Snow Leopard - Difference and Comparison - Diffen

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	Leopard	Snow Leopard
Order:	Carnivora	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae	Felidae
Genus:	Panthera	Uncia Gray, 1854
Species:	P. pardus	U. uncia
Introduction (from Wikipedia):	The leopard (pronounced /ˈlɛpərd/) is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera; the other three being the tiger, lion and jaguar. Leopards are now found mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.	The snow leopard (Uncia uncia or Panthera uncia), sometimes known as ounce, is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia. Its taxonomic classification has been subject to change.
Conservation status:	Near threatened	Endangered
Binomial name:	Panthera Pardus	Uncia uncia
Kingdom:	Animalia	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia	Mammalia
Leopard Fossil range:	Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene to Recent
Subfamily:		Pantherinae
Subspecies:		P. u. baikalensis-romanii (Medvedev, 2000) P. u. irbis (Ehrenberg, 1830) P. u. schneideri (Zukowsky, 1950) P. u. uncioides (Horsfield, 1855)

This article is about animals. For Apple's Mac OS X operating system versions codenamed "Leopard" and "Snow Leopard", see Leopard (Mac OS X) vs Snow Leopard (Mac OS X).

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