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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.
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]
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 Amur leopard had been part of The Living Desert family for nearly 10 years, according to the post. She was described as having a “calm and majestic presence,” and had “surpassed both the ...
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).
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
Fedor Soimonov was sent to map the then little explored area of the Amur in 1757. He mapped the Shilka, which was partly in Chinese territory, but was turned back when he reached its confluence with the Argun. [33] The Russian proselytization of Orthodox Christianity to the indigenous peoples along the Amur was viewed as a threat by the Qing. [34]
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