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Land of the Leopard National Park is a national park in Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East, covering an area of 2,799 km 2 (1,081 sq mi) west of Razdolnaya River. It was gazetted in April 2012. [1] It was established to protect the Amur leopard, which was at the time the world's rarest cat with an estimated population of 30 individuals. [2]
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and northern China. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List , as in 2007, only 19–26 wild leopards were estimated to survive in southeastern Russia and northeastern China.
The leopard population in southern Russia had been reduced to two small and isolated populations by the 1950s, and by 2007, there were fewer than 50 individuals in the region. [22] Since 1954, leopards were thought to be extirpated in Georgia, following kills by hunters. [ 70 ]
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Russia. There are 266 mammal species in Russia, of which five are critically endangered, thirteen are endangered, twenty-six are vulnerable, and six are near threatened. One of the species listed for Russia is extinct and one can no longer be found in the wild.
The wildlife of Russia inhabits terrain that extends across 12 time zones and from the tundra region in the far north to the Caucasus Mountains and prairies in the south, including temperate forests which cover 70% of the country. Russia's forests comprise 22% of the forest in the world [1] as well as 33% of all temperate forest. [2]
Clouded leopards are a species who lives in the tropical forests of India and Southeast Asia, they are notable for their coat pattern, which forms blotchy, gray, cloud-like patches.
Phoenix Fund is one of the implementing organizations of the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance (ALTA) [2] and partners with non-governmental organizations in Britain, the United States, Germany, and Finland as well as Russia to conserve the Amur leopard, Siberian tiger, and their habitat and ecology.