Leopard (disambiguation)

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The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five "big cats" in the genus Panthera.

Leopard may also refer to:

Biology

  • Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), related species of Northeast Asia
  • Snow leopard or ounce (Panthera uncia), related species of Central Asia
  • Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), related species of South/Southeast Asia
  • Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi), related species of Sumatra and Borneo
  • Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), wildcat species of Southeast Asia
  • Leopard (pattern)
    , the spotting pattern characteristic of Leopards
  • Leopard complex, the genetic allele responsible for leopard-spotting in horses
  • LEOPARD syndrome
    , a rare autosomal dominant multisystem disease, associated with high numbers of surface skin lesions
  • Leopard (butterfly)
    (Phalanta), a genus of insects

Military

  • VK 16.02 Leopard
    , a German light tank design during World War II that did not see production.
  • Leopard 1, a German main battle tank (1965-)
  • Leopard 2, a third-generation German main battle tank (1979-), used by the armed forces of Germany and several other countries
  • Leopard 2E or Leopardo 2A6E, a Spanish variant of the German Leopard 2 tank.
  • Leopard (rocket), a British rocket
  • HMS Leopard, several Royal Navy ships
  • French destroyer Léopard, a warship of World War II
  • SMS Leopard, an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser

Transportation

Computing

  • Mac OS X Leopard, the sixth major release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system
  • DR-DOS, code-name "Leopard" of Digital Research's DR DOS 5.0

Other uses

  • Leopard (heraldry), a heraldic beast
  • Leopard-Trek
    , the former name of a UCI WorldTour cycling team, now known as Trek Factory Racing
  • Leopard Development Team
    , a UCI Continental cycling team
  • Half Florin
    or Leopard, English coin of Edward III
  • Leopard, a locally monthly magazine based in Aberdeen, Scotland

See also