1.   Pirasteh said that the Persian leopards could face extinction like the Caspian tiger, which once ranged from eastern Turkey and the southern Caucasus into northern Iran and Afghanistan.

2.   Hunted by poachers and threatened by the loss of its habitat, the Persian leopard is in serious danger of extinction, an Iranian environmental official said Sunday.

3.   No one knows for sure if any Persian leopards still remain in Afghanistan.

4.   The Persian leopard is in serious danger of extinction because of poaching and losses to its habitat, an Iranian environmental official said Sunday.

5.   The Persian leopard is tawny-colored with black spots.