Amur Leopard
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is regarded to
be one of the most seriously endangered big cats in the world, with only 35
leftover in the wild, all in the Russian Far East. It is among ten living
subspecies of leopard, but it is
particularly exceptional due to a specifically pale coat compared to most other
subspecies, and dark rosettes which are large and widely spaced with thick,
unbroken rings. This wonderful leopard is well designed to living in the harsh,
cold climates of its range, with a thick coat that can improve as long as 7 cm
in winter.
Size of Amur Leopard
The female weight is 43 kg ( highest)
and the male weight is 48 kg (highest).
Biology of Amur Leopard
The variety of the Amur leopard
formerly fitted the Amur River basin and the mountains of northeastern China
and the Korean peninsula.
Today, it endures only in one isolated population in
the Russian Far East, while there may be a few individuals in the Jilin
Province of northeast China.
Threats of Amur Leopard
The Amur leopard has been
consistently hunted out of most of its previous range for its coat and for the
bones
that are applied in Conventional Chinese Medicine. The local ungulates
that make up the greater part of this leopard’s prey have also been
significantly exhausted, leading the leopards to focus on domestic livestock,
such as farmed deer, and therefore inciting further persecution.
The tiny
population that endures today is under extreme risk of annihilation; genetic
variation is low in small populations and they are incredibly insecure to any
chance event such as an outbreak or large wild fire.
Amur Leopard Conservation
The leopard is secured but a
proactive conservation attempt is required instantly if one of the most amazing
of the big cats is to be rescued from annihilation. Attempts to save the Amur
tiger in the same area are displaying
symptoms of success but the leopard has been mostly neglected till now .
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