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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 (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant cat species in the genus Panthera.It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes.Its body is slender and muscular reaching a length of 92–183 cm (36–72 in) with a 66–102 cm (26–40 in) long tail and a shoulder height of 60–70 cm (24–28 in).
Following the Thanksgiving holiday, the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert, Calif. announced the death of Zoya, their 21-year-old Amur leopard, one of the oldest of her kind in captivity.
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 park was created from the merger of Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve, Barsovy Federal Wildlife Refuge and Borisovkoye Plateau Regional Wildlife Refuge, and a new territory along the border with China. [3]
This is the Amur leopard, and over the past eight years the numbers of this beautiful creature have more than doubled in Russia and China. Rare leopard back from the brink Skip to main content
Coniferous and mixed broadleaf forest cover an area of 9,483 km 2 (3,661 sq mi), providing habitat for 355 vertebrate species including the Siberian tiger, Amur leopard, brown bear, Asiatic black bear, Eurasian lynx, sable, sika deer, red deer, red-crowned crane and golden eagle.
The largest fish species in the Amur is the kaluga, a sturgeon that is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, attaining a length as great as 5.6 m (18 ft). [11] It is also home to the northernmost populations of the Amur softshell turtle [ 12 ] and Indian lotus .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Variant of leopard and jaguar For other uses, see Black panther (disambiguation). A melanistic Indian leopard in Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca). Black panthers of both ...