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Vigne, J.-D.; Evin, A.; Cucchi, T.; Dai, L.; Yu, C.; Hu, S.; Soulages, N.; Wang, W.; Sun, Z.; Gao, J.; Dobney, K.; Yuan, J. (2016). "Earliest "Domestic" Cats in China Identified as Leopard Cat ( Prionailurus bengalensis)". PLOS ONE. 11 (1): e0147295. Bibcode: 2016PLoSO..1147295V. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147295. PMC 4723238. PMID 26799955. The Israeli West Bank Barrier, built by the Israeli government in the mid 2000s disrupts the migration of all terrestrial land animals between Israel and Palestine, therefore reducing animals' natural habitats and causing gene pools to be significantly shallower, which results in inbreeding and infertility. [34]

A national census of leopards around tiger habitats was carried out in India in 2014, except the northeast. 7,910 individuals were estimated in surveyed areas and a national total of 12,000–14,000 speculated. [2] Taxonomy [ edit ] Molecular analysis of 39 leopard cat tissue samples clearly showed three clades: a northern lineage and southern lineages 1 and 2. The northern lineage comprises leopard cats from Tsushima Islands, the Korean Peninsula, the continental Far East, Taiwan, and Iriomote Island. Southern lineage 1, comprising Southeast Asian populations, showed higher genetic diversity. Southern lineage 2 is genetically distant from the other lineages. [19]

The first Arabian leopards were captured in southern Oman and registered in the studbook in 1985. Captive breeding was initiated in 1995 at the Oman Mammal Breeding Centre and is operated at a regional level on the Arabian Peninsula. Since 1999, the regional studbook is coordinated and managed by personnel of the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife in Sharjah. [42] As of 2010 [update], nine institutions participated in the breeding programme and kept 42 males, 32 females, and three unsexed leopards, of which 19 were wild caught. This captive population comprised 14 founders that have an unequal number of descendants. [43] Male Indian leopards grow to between 127cm (4ft 2in) and 142cm (4ft 8in) in body size with a 76cm (2ft 6in) to 91cm (3ft) long tail and weigh between 50 and 77kg (110 and 170lb). Females are smaller, growing to between 104cm (3ft 5in) and 117cm (3ft 10in) in body size with a 76cm (2ft 6in) to 87.6cm (2ft 10.5in) long tail, and weigh between 29 and 34kg (64 and 75lb). Sexually dimorphic, males are larger and heavier than females. [8]