Arabian Leopard :: Panthera pardus nimr

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 065

On today’s show we learn about the Arabian Leopard, a critically endangered big cat, a carnivorous feline native to Oman and Yemen.

1. (00:05) Intro
2. (02:05) Species Information
3. (26:13) Citations
4. (28:01) Music
5. (32:06) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

1. Al Hikmani, H., Aboalfotooh, A.A.H., Alghafis, S., Almubarak, Z., Baeshen, O., Budd, J., Dunford, C., Ferreira, J.D., Gallacher, E., Mann, G., Shobrak, M. & Spalton, A. 2025. Panthera pardus ssp. nimr (Green Status assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T15958A1595820252. – https://iucnredlist.org/species/15958/274968998
2. Al Hikmani, Hadi, and Khalid Al Hikmani. “Northward Expansion of the Critically Endangered Arabian Leopard in Dhofar, Oman.” Oryx 58, no. 6 (2024): 710–14. – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605324001662
3. Al Hikmani, H., Spalton, A., Zafar-ul Islam, M., al-Johany, A., Sulayem, M., Al-Duais, M. & Almalki, A. 2025. Panthera pardus ssp. nimr (amended version of 2024 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T15958A274968998. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T15958A274968998.en
4. Alqahtani, Fahad H., Ion I. Măndoiu, Badr M. Al-Shomrani, Sulaiman Al-Hashmi, Fatemeh Jamshidi-Adegani, Juhaina Al-Kindi, Andrzej Golachowski, Barbara Golachowska, Abdulaziz K. Al-Jabri, and Manee M. Manee. 2025. "First Mitogenome of the Critically Endangered Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr)" Animals 15, no. 11: 1562. – https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15111562
5. A.M.H. Al-Johany. "Distribution and conservation of the Arabian Leopard Panthera pardus nimr in Saudi Arabia." Journal of Arid Environments. Volume 68, Issue 1, Pages 20-30. 2007. – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.04.002
6. Dunford, Carolyn E., J. Philip B. Faure, Michael D. Ross, J. Andrew Spalton, Marine Drouilly, Kai J.P. Pryce-Fitchen, Ross De Bruin, et al. “Searching for Spots: A Comprehensive Survey for the Arabian Leopard Panthera Pardus Nimr in Saudi Arabia.” Oryx 58, no. 3 (2024): 351–62. – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605323000807
7. Panthera – https://panthera.org/blog-post/qa-arabian-leopards, https://panthera.org/arabian-leopard-initiative
8. Spalton, James Andrew, Hadi Musalam al Hikmani, David Willis, and Ali Salim Bait Said. “Critically Endangered Arabian Leopards Panthera Pardus Nimr Persist in the Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve, Oman.” Oryx 40, no. 3 (2006): 287–94. – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605306000743
9. Species Survival Commission Cat Specialist Group. Arabian Leopard. 2024. – https://www.catsg.org/arabianleopard
10. Timna, Yotam, and Reuven Yosef. "A historic perspective 1: The diet of the Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) in Israel", Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 71, 4 (2025): 171-183. – https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-bja10112
11. Timna, Yotam, and Reuven Yosef. "A historic perspective 2: Scent, Sound, and Space in the extinct Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) in Israel", Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 71, 4 (2025): 184-196. – https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-bja10111
12. Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_leopard

For more information about Arabian Leopard conservation and big cat conservation in general, please see Panthera at https://panthera.org

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