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{{About|general leopard patterning|leopard patterning in horses|Leopard complex }}[[File:Leopard (Panthera pardus).jpg|thumb|A [[leopard]], the animal with a classic leopard hair coat pattern]]

A '''leopard pattern''' is a spotted color pattern, particularly in the hair coat or skin of [[animal]]s, but can also describe spotting patterns in [[plant]]s and a distinctive print appearing on clothing and other [[fabric]]s.<ref name="inside"/><ref name="verily"/><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=How To Wear Leopard Print |url=https://yoper.com/how-to-wear-leopard-print/ |accessdate=2022-01-31 |publisher=yoper.com}}</ref>

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[[File:GtsklLeopard.jpg|thumb|A leopard, the animal with a classic ''leopard'' hair coat pattern]]

== In animals ==

AIn '''leopard'''animal patternworld, is a spotted colorleopard pattern, particularly in the hair coat or skin of [[animal]]s, but can also describe spotting patterns in [[plant]]s and [[fabric]]s.<ref name="inside"/><ref name="verily"/> The term refers to the black and gold spotted coat of the [[leopard]] cat,<ref name="leopardspots"/> but is used to describe many color combinations that result in spots scattered randomly across the skin or hair coat of other animals.

Examples of animals with coloring patterns termed ''leopard'' include many great cats in the genus ''[[Panthera]]'', the [[leopard frog]], the "leopard" spotting pattern in the [[Appaloosa]] and [[Knabstrupper]] breeds of [[horse]]s, the [[leopard seal]], insects such as the [[giant leopard moth]], and fish species such as the [[leopard darter]], [[leopard shark]], and the [[leopard eel]].<ref name="eel"/> Examples of plants that use the term include the [[Dieffenbachia|leopard lily]], and the [[Belamcanda chinensis|leopard flower]].<ref name="flower"/> Other animals with leopard patterns include the [[leopard cat]], [[snow leopard]], [[clouded leopard]], [[leopard gecko]] and the [[leopard tortoise]] among some others.

The ''Lp'' ([[leopard complex]]) gene is responsible for the leopard color pattern in [[horse]]s,<ref name=spon82/><ref name=sponenbergbook/> which not only produces a spotted [[equine coat color|coat color]] but also causes [[mottling]] of the skin, a white [[sclera]] around the eye, and striped [[horse hoof|hooves]]. Horses with the ''Lp'' gene may be spotted all over, or may have concentrations of spots in various patterns.

Some other animal breeds like dogs, such as [[Dalmatian (dog)|Dalmatian]]s, [[Catahoula Leopard Dog]]s and [[American Leopard Hound]]s also have similar leopard color patterns.

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|File:Rana sphenocephala.jpg|alt3=Southern leopard frog|A [[southern leopard frog]]

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==See also==

*[[Leopard print]]

==References==

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<ref name="eel">{{Cite web

<ref name="eel">{{Cite web|title=Leopard eel -Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes 1839)|url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Myrichthys-pardalis.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414051314/https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Myrichthys-pardalis.html|archive-date=2021-04-14|access-date=2021-04-14|website=fishbase.se}}</ref>

| title = Leopard eel -Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes 1839)

<ref name="flower">{{Cite web |url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BECH |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-04-14 |archive-date=2013-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531042410/http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BECH |url-status=live }}</ref>

| url = https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Myrichthys-pardalis.html

| url-status = livedead

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/2009041720473320210414051314/httphttps://jheredwww.oxfordjournalsfishbase.orgse/cgisummary/content/abstract/73/5/357Myrichthys-pardalis.html

| archive-date = 20092021-04-1714

| access-date = 2021-04-14

| website = fishbase.se

}}</ref>

<ref name="flower">{{Cite web

| title = Plants Profile - Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. Blackberry Lily

| url = https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BECH

| url-status = live

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130531042410/http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BECH

| archive-date = 2013-05-31

| access-date = 2021-04-14

| website = plants.usda.gov

}}</ref>

<ref name="verily">{{Cite web

| url = https://verilymag.com/2018/11/womens-leopard-print

| title = The New Neutral: How to Incorporate Leopard Print into Your Wardrobe

| first = Kelsey

| last = Chun

| website = Verily

| access-date = 2021-04-14

| archive-date = 2021-04-14

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414051002/https://verilymag.com/2018/11/womens-leopard-print

| url-status = live

}}</ref>

<ref name="inside">{{Cite web

| url = https://www.theinside.com/blog/leopard-vs-cheetah-prints/

| title = Leopard vs. Cheetah Print – Know the Difference for Decorating &#124; The Inside

| date = April 7, 2020

| access-date = April 14, 2021

| archive-date = April 14, 2021

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414050634/https://www.theinside.com/blog/leopard-vs-cheetah-prints/

| url-status = live

}}</ref>

<ref name="leopardspots">{{Cite web

| url = https://phys.org/news/2010-10-stripes-odyssey-big-cats.html

| title = Why the leopard got its spots

| website = phys.org

| access-date = 2021-04-14

| archive-date = 2021-04-14

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414050407/https://phys.org/news/2010-10-stripes-odyssey-big-cats.html

| url-status = live

}}</ref>

<ref name="sponenbergbook">{{cite book

| last = Sponenberg

| first = Dan Phillip

| title = Equine Coat Color Genetics <!-- access-date = 2008-11-04 -->

| access-dateedition = 2008-11-04 = -->2

| editiondate = 22003-04-11

| date publisher = 2003-04Wiley-11Blackwell

| publisherisbn = Wiley978-0-8138-0759-Blackwell1

| isbn pages = 978-0-8138-0759-193–4

| chapter = 5/Patterns Characterized by Patches of White

| pages = 93–4

| orig-year = 1996-01-15

| chapter = 5/Patterns Characterized by Patches of White

| orig-year = 1996-01-15

}}</ref>

<ref name="spon82">{{cite journal

|title title = The inheritance of leopard spotting in the Noriker horse

|last last = Sponenberg

|first first = D. Phillip

|year year = 1982

|journal journal = The Journal of Heredity

|issue issue = 73

|volume volume = 5

|pages pages = 357–359

|publisher publisher = The American Genetic Association

|doi doi = 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109669

| url = httphttps://jheredacademic.oxfordjournalsoup.orgcom/cgi/contentjhered/article-abstract/73/5/357?/791830

| access-date = 2021-04-14

| url-access= subscription

|archive-date = 2009-04-17

}}</ref>

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090417204733/http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/73/5/357

|url-status = live

}}</ref>

</references>

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