Distribution and habitat Persian leopard
1 distribution , habitat 1.1 iran 1.2 iraq 1.3 russian caucasus 1.4 georgia 1.5 armenia 1.6 azerbaijan 1.7 turkmenistan 1.8 afghanistan 1.9 turkey distribution , habitat portrait a. n. komarov. the persian leopard distributed on whole caucasus, except steppe areas. during surveys conducted between 2001 , 2005 no leopard recorded in western part of greater caucasus; survived @ few sites in eastern part. largest population survives in iran. political , social changes in former soviet union in 1992 caused severe economic crisis , weakening of formerly effective protection systems. ranges of wildlife severely fragmented. former leopard range declined enormously leopards persecuted , wild ungulates hunted. inadequate baseline data , lack of monitoring programmes make difficult evaluate declines of mammalian prey species. as of 2008, of estimated 871–1,290 mature leopards: 550–850 live in iran, leopard stronghold in southwest asia; about 200–300 survive in afghanistan, status poorly known; a...