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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]]. Examples of plants that use the term include the [[Dieffenbachia|leopard lily]], and the [[Belamcanda chinensis|leopard flower]].
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.
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==See also==
*[[Leopard print]]
==References==
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<ref name=sponenbergbook>{{cite book |last=Sponenberg |first=Dan Phillip |title=Equine Coat Color Genetics <!--|access-date=2008-11-04 -->|edition=2 |date=2003-04-11 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=978-0-8138-0759-1 |pages=93–4 |chapter=5/Patterns Characterized by Patches of White |orig-year=1996-01-15}}</ref>
<ref name=spon82>{{cite journal |title=The inheritance of leopard spotting in the Noriker horse |last=Sponenberg |first=D. Phillip |year=1982 |journal=The Journal of Heredity |issue=73 |volume=5 |pages=357–359 |publisher=The American Genetic Association |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109669 |url=http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/73/5/357?}}</ref>
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