Anatolian Leopard (Panthera Pardus Tulliana): Larg

    

Its original habitat was the mountains and forests of the Aegean and Mediterranean Regions of Anatolia, where it no longer exists. It was thought to be extinct when a surviving species was photographed in 2003 at the Ka�kar Mountains in the Black Sea Region where a small population of around 10-15 is believed to still survive (the mountains of the Black Sea Region are still wild and not destroyed by humans.)

If one of them can be found alive, it will be cloned under a preservation program.

Here's the last one which was captured and killed in 1974 after attacking a woman in a village of the Aegean Region:
http://www.ergir.com/last_anatolian_panther.htm

There were also tigers in the Taurus mountains, from Lycia to upper Mesopotamia. That's why Adana SK was referred as "the tigers of Taurus" once.....

Originally posted by Ikki Originally posted by Bashibozuk There were also tigers in the Taurus mountains, from Lycia to upper Mesopotamia. That's why Adana SK was referred as "the tigers of Taurus" once..... Curious, the greeks was very surprised about the lions with lines from India.

the greeks was very surprised about the lions with lines from India.

 

So? Anatolia was as foreign as India for the Greeks before Alexander, except Ionian coasts. The last Anatolian tiger was I guess extinct after 1970.

 

http://www.ergir.com/last_anatolian_panther.htm

Edited by Bashibozuk - 07-Jun-2006 at 11:01

Please my Turkish brothers,do what you can to save the last Anatolian Leopards,they are a treasure that Turkey cannot afford to loose!

I have also heard that there were tigers in Anatolia, before the area was inhabited by many humans