What are the Persian names of various species of wild cats? Shir (soltan-e jangal), shir-e koohy (puma), babr (soltan-e jangal in chinese philo., the Mazandaraan species WAS the biggest wildcat on earth, none left!), babr-e yaal daar (only 1 female left in Iran, they have mixed that 1 w/ the Pakistani specie), babry (a mountain wildcat in India & eastern region...,the clouded leopard ), palang, palang-e sefid OR barfi (snow leopard, Asian mountain cat, none left in Iran!) yuzpalang (cheetah, Asian specie only left in Iran and fortunatly protected), gooshderaz (linx), gorbeh-saanaan (god's most skilled hunters) that inhabited Iran for centuries, gorbeh vahshi (A desert wildcat that's found in Iran and India, called the Asian Wildcat), gorbeh-siah (black cat, the wild one, not the pussy cat), gorbeh (derives from old persian "gourbak", the pussy cat of course), the famous Persian cat (let's not forget!) and all the English terms used in Persian for wildcats that don't exist anymore in our beatifull cat-shape land, like jaguar (jagvard!!!) and so on... Oh yeah, and of course gorbeh-nareh aka Ayatollah Montazeri!
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