Join us and you can help stop the illegal wildlife trade and tackle other threats facing our natural world. Listed as critically endangered since , there's only around Amur leopards in the wild. The Amur leopard's range can support many more Amur leopards than it currently does. The largest suitable habitat patch in China could hold more than 70 individuals alone, and the largest patch in Russia could support around Amur leopards.
Amur leopards are highly protected, in Russia poachers of Amur leopards may be fined up to 1,, rubles and be jailed for 2 years for killing an Amur leopard. Storing, transporting or selling their parts carries a fine of up to 1 million rubles and 2 years in jail.
If the crime is committed by an organised group of people, the fine can be as high as 2,, rubles with a jail term of up to years for killing an Amur leopard. Like humans have unique fingerprints, amur leopards have unique spot patterns which means that we can identify them individually. Amur leopards are nocturnal and solitary animals which is why we use infrared camera traps which can photograph in the dark when surveying the elusive animals. Diet: Carnivore. Size: 6 to 7 feet.
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Females first breed at an age of years. After a gestation period of around 12 weeks, cubs are born in litters of individuals, with an average litter size of just over 2. The cubs stay with their mother for up to two years before becoming fully independent.
Their long, spotted coats keep the Amur leopards warm in the cold weather, and their long legs are an adaptation for walking through snow.
They can reach speeds of 36 miles per hour for short distances and leap 19 feet horizontally and 10 feet vertically. These nocturnal, solitary cats are excellent climbers.
In fact, they often drag their prey up into trees to protect it from other animals like the Amur tiger.
This is one of the most endangered cat species in the world, with fewer than 70 left in the wild. This is due to loss of habitat from logging and uncontrolled burns 80 percent of their habitat disappeared between , decline of prey species, and poaching and hunting for their pelts and bones the bones are valued in traditional Asian medicine. The tiny population that survives today is under extreme risk of extinction; genetic variation is low in small populations and they are extremely vulnerable to any chance event such as an epidemic or large wild fire.
Poaching remains a threat in Russia and annual wild fires rage through the area.
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