BLACK PANTHER

TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Carnivora
• Family: Felidae

SCIENTIFIC NAME

COMMON NAME

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

• Asia
• Africa
• Central and South America

STATUS ON RED LIST

POPULATION SIZE

ROLES IN ECOSYSTEM

• Keep animal populations at sustainable level

THREATS

• Habitat destruction
• Disease
• Poaching

LAWS

• Endangered Species Act and Florida Panther Act in 1978
• Prohibit humans from harming, killing, injuring
• harassing or upsetting panthers

WORKS CITED

• http://a-z-animals.com/animals/panther/
• http://www.worldanimalfoundation.net/f/Panther.pdf
• http://www.iucnredlist.org/search