The Amur leopard is native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and Jilin Province of northeast China, and is classified as Critically Endangered since 1996. Only 14–20 adults and 5–6 cubs were counted in a census in 2007, with a total of 19–26 Amur leopards in the wild. The Amur leopard is also known as the Far Eastern leopard.
Characteristics
Amur leopards have a thick coat of spot covered fur. Leopards from the Amur River basin, the mountains of north-eastern China and the Korean peninsula have pale cream-colored coats, particularly in winter. Their coat is fairly soft with long and dense hair. The winter coat varies from light yellow to dense yellowish-red with a golden tinge. In the summer it is brighter with more vivid pattern.
Habitat
Hermann Schlegel first described an Amur leopard in 1857 on the basis of a skin from Korea. The Amur leopard is the only leopard subspecies adapted to a cold snowy climate. Amur leopards used to be found in north East Asia, probably in the south to Peking, and the Korean Peninsula. In the mid-20th century, their distribution in Russia was limited to the far south of the Ussuri region. In the 1950s, leopards were observed 50 km north of Vladivostok and in Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve. The association of Amur leopards with mountains is fairly definite. They are confined more to places where wild sika deer live. In winter they keep to snow-free rocky slopes facing south. Leopards cross between Russia, China and North Korea across the Tumen River despite a high and long wire fence marking the boundary.
In China, Amur leopards were photographed by camera traps in Wangqing and Hunchun, east Jilin Province, China.
Behavior
Amur leopards are extremely conservative in their choice of territo...
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... American and European regions includes a considerable contribution of genes from Founder 2, who was not an Amur leopard. European Endangered Species Program (EEP) strategy has been to manage breeding so as to minimize his contribution as far as possible. All leopards with more than 41% Founder 2 have been excluded from breeding since 1999. This policy has resulted in an overall decrease in the prevalence of Founder 2 genes and an increase in the number of leopards with low percentage of them.
As of December 2011, there are 176 captive Amur leopards in zoos worldwide. Within the EEP 54 male, 40 female and 7 unsexed individuals are kept. In American and Canadian zoos another 31 males and 41 females are kept within the Population Management Program. In China, there is another Amur leopard captive population in Beijing Zoo, the founders of which were from North Korea.
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