Persian leopard
One of the most famous members of the Iranian wildlife is the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah, also known as the "Iranian cheetah", whose numbers were greatly reduced after the 1979 Revolution. The Persian leopard, which is the world's largest leopard subspecies living primarily in northern Iran, is also listed as an endangered species. Iran lost all its Asiatic lions and the now extinct Caspian tigers by the earlier part of the 20th century.