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Map showing the former and current geographic range of the leopard (Panthera pardus) across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with regions color-coded to indicate areas where leopards are currently present, possibly present, possibly extinct, or extinct. Most extant populations are in sub-Saharan Africa, with fragmented populations in the Middle East and Asia.

Map of Africa showing where populations of common hippopotamuses and pygmy hippopotamus live.

World map showing the geographic ranges of camelid species, with color-coded outlines for each: alpaca, llama, guanaco, and vicuna ranges are marked in South America; Arabian camel or dromedary in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia; domesticated Bactrian camel across Central Asia; and wild Bactrian camel in a small area of East Central Asia. Australia is shaded for introduced dromedaries.

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