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
  • Sunda leopard cat (Prionailurus javanensis), wildcat species of the Sundaland islands
  • 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
  • Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius), a species of gecko native to South Asia

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

  • South Devon Railway Leopard class, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive, and the class of similar locomotives
  • Leopard 6 Litre Roadster, luxury car designed by Polish designer for Sweden-based company
  • Nissan Leopard, Japanese luxury sports car
  • Leyland Leopard, a bus
  • SS Leopard, one of the blockade runners of the American Civil War
  • CMC Leopard, a defunct British light personal business jet developed in the 1980s as two prototypes

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
  • Leopard Racing, a motorcycle racing team
  • Half Florin or Leopard, English coin of Edward III
  • Leopard, a local monthly magazine based in Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Leopard Inn, a former pub in Stoke-on-Trent, England, see Burslem#Leopard Inn

See also

  • Leopardus, a genus of small spotted cats
  • Leopards (disambiguation)
  • Leopardi (disambiguation)
  • The Leopard (disambiguation)
  • The Leopard (1963 film), by Luchino Visconti