r/leopards • u/footballgladiator • 6d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) The barbary leopard

Guys the barbary leopard is likely extinct in morroco and algeria he is an african leopard also but the region miss him can African leopards return to north Africa

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u/Aggressive_Scar5243 6d ago

That's a massive hot, dry patch, need to be west and up the coast

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u/footballgladiator 6d ago

Maybe but the mountains in morroco is good

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u/Disastrous-Style8731 3d ago

Barbary Leopards are just a population of the African leopard so yes they could potentially return to the Atlas Mountains