The Leopard Can Be Found in Many Localities Across Africa

The leopard can be found in many localities across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, over an area encompassing 7.7 million square miles (20 million square kilometers) .The rare Iriomote cat, by contrast, lives only on Japan's Iriomote Island, an area of 113 square miles (292 square kilometers) .These two areas can best be described as the cats'

A) habitats.
B) populations.
C) metapopulations.
D) geographic ranges.
E) dispersion patterns.