Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Status: extant
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  Status: extant
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
    Status: extant
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
      Status: extant
         Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats
        Status: extant
           Subfamily Pantherinae Pocock, 1917
          Status: extant
             Genus Panthera Oken, 1816 - big cats
            Status: extant
               Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) - leopard
              Status: extant
                 Panthera pardus nimr (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
                Status: extant