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

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In animal world, leopard pattern 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]] and the [[leopard gecko]] among some others.