Plants and Animals

Why are leopards listed as an threatened or endangered species?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/why-leopards-listed-threatened-endangered-species-158963.html" >Why are leopards listed as an threatened or endangered species?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

They are listed as threatened or endangered throughout their range, owing primarily to loss of their natural habitat and to illegal killing for Oriental folk medicine.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about leopard . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Why are leopards an endangered species? Why are leopards listed as endangered? Why are leopards listed as threatened? Why are leopards listed as an endangered species? Why are leopards listed as a threatened species? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

SCHOOLYARDS GO WILD!(creating animal habitats)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science World ...HABITATS HELP SAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES? Seventeen...frog ponds. Why? They're...the Chiricahua leopard frog, a rare...the species as endangered, or close to...are already listed as endangered or threatened (likely to...
CITIES VARY ON RULES FOR EXOTIC PETS STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS PICK UP WHERE LOCAL...
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot ...the federal Endangered and Threatened Species List. Asian...included on the endangered species list. State...The reason why we want to know...residence must be listed. Each permit...lions, tigers, leopards, crocodiles...
Rivers at risk. (rivers and national parks legislation)
Magazine article from: National Parks ...special status species, considered rare or listed by federal and...governments as endangered or threatened. Among them...desert tortoise, leopard frog, Virgin...becomes clear why conservationists...among the most threatened by American...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.