The reason why the leopard is put in the genus Panthera and not in the genus Neofelis, which is composed of two species of what are commonly known as panthers, is not the fact that the leopard is formed such a way as to make it closer to the lion and further from panthers.
Lo que hace que el leopardo sea adscrito al género Panthera, y no al género Neofelis, compuesto éste por dos especies de lo que vulgarmente llamamos panteras, no es el hecho de que tenga alguna conformación particular que lo aproxime del león y lo aleje de esas panteras.