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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 main aim of the park is to preserve and restore the population of the unique spotted cat - the Amur leopard, which number in Russia is now only about 50 individuals. Today, more than half of them lives in the "Land of the Leopard." In addition, there lives and another cat, listed in the Red Book - the Amur tiger. [24] Lena Pillars
Pages in category "National parks of Russia" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. ... Land of the Leopard National Park; Losiny Ostrov ...
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]
The temperate rainforests of the Russian Far East are within the Russian federal subjects Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai and contains the Sikhote-Alin mountain range. Found within the Russian Federation , this area is one of the most productive and diverse forests in the world and also contains one of the highest endangered species ...
Sochi National Park covers 1,937.37 square kilometres (478,730 acres) within the Western Caucasus World Heritage Site.The park occupies the Greater Sochi area, from the border with the Tuapsinsky District, between the mouths of Shepsi River and Magri River in the north-west, to the border with Abkhazia along the Psou River in the south-east, and between the Black Sea to the water divide crest ...
Udegeyskaya Legende National Park (upper left), and Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik (lower right) In many ways it is a midpoint park: between the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve just east of the ridge and the Amur River basin, between the Zov Tigra National Park / Lazovsky Nature Reserve to the south and Anyuysky National Park and other protected areas to the north.
Snow Leopard in the Moscow Zoo. The snow leopard is a primary focus of the park's conservation efforts. An estimated 15-20 individuals live in the territory, with another 50-60 in the buffer areas. [2] They live at the higher elevations in rocky settings, where their stocky bodies and thick fur make them well-adapted.