This website will elaborate on the Amur Leopard, also known as the Far Eastern Leopard's population, threats in Far-Eastern Russia, as well as the Amur Leopards role in the food chain.
The Amur Leopard's scientific name is the Panthera pardus orientalis. With an estimated only 30 Amur leopards remaining in the wild, the Amur Leopard is the most rare and endangered big cat in the world. In the wild the Amur leopard is only found around the border between far eastern Russia, and North Eastern China. Habitat destruction and poaching the Amur leopard and it's prey are the main reasons on why the Amur leopard is now critically endangered. This website will focus on how the environmental and the non-environmental effects on the Amur leopard in far-Eastern Russia.
The Amur Leopard's scientific name is the Panthera pardus orientalis. With an estimated only 30 Amur leopards remaining in the wild, the Amur Leopard is the most rare and endangered big cat in the world. In the wild the Amur leopard is only found around the border between far eastern Russia, and North Eastern China. Habitat destruction and poaching the Amur leopard and it's prey are the main reasons on why the Amur leopard is now critically endangered. This website will focus on how the environmental and the non-environmental effects on the Amur leopard in far-Eastern Russia.