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  • Panthera pardus ssp. nimr also exists in the western highlands of Yemen but is heavily persecuted.

    Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands 2008

  • The Asir escarpment is known to be one of the last strongholds in Saudi Arabia of the Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus ssp. nimr), thought to number around 50 individuals (Nader 1996).

    Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands 2008

  • The Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus ssp. nimr) still exists in the Musandem and Hajar mountains but in very low numbers, certainly no more than 20 and probably far less than this figure.

    Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert 2007

  • Hunting and trapping of large mammal species has resulted in very low population levels of Panthera pardus ssp. nimr and Hemitragus jayakari.

    Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert 2007

  • The Jebel Samhan in Oman's Dhofar region, which is subject to little human disturbance, is thought to contain Arabia's largest population of Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus ssp. nimr), possibly its last stronghold in the wild.

    Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert 2007

  • I bought three milk goats for the house, and I had presents of a pet lamb and a nimr (leopard), which became the idol of the house.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • Vipers, scorpions, porcupines, jackals, wild boars, ibexes, panthers (nimr), and a great variety of birds are found in the neighbouring thickets.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • I bought three milk goats for the house, and I had presents of a pet lamb and a nimr

    The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

  • I bought three milk goats for the house, and I had presents of a pet lamb and a _nimr_ (leopard), which became the idol of the house.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II W. H. Wilkins 1882

  • Of the carnivores, the Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus ssp. nimr) disappeared from the Omani Al Hajar Mountains in the 1970’s as a result of severe persecution by man.

    Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands 2008

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