Amur LeopardThis animal is critically endangered, and it’s related to the Amur Tiger. There aren’t many Amur Leopards around the globe, their characteristics, prey, predators, and habitat is what’s interesting about the them. Amur Leopards are mammals. They get their name from the Amur river. They are the most critically endangered big cats that are not extinct. They weigh 150 pounds but they can run at 37 miles per hour. Once they are 2-3 years of age they can reproduce, but they can’t because there aren’t enough of them together so their population is going down. These big cats usually hunt and eat roe deer, sika deer, badgers, and hares. They usually like to start hunting shortly before sunset so their prey doesn’t see them coming. They usually like hunting in the forest because there are a lot of animals in there. They are threatened by humans in several ways. One way is development, because humans are cutting down forest to build buildings or use the area for something else. Another thing is people’s lack to committing to help the Amur Leopard. They are just letting other humans poach the Amur leopard and not even doing anything, they are not passing laws or doing anything to help. The reason humans poach Amur leopards is because the Chinese want the skins for clothing and the bones to create medicine. Also in October 2015 one Amur leopard was run over by a car in national park territory near the remote eastern village of Kravtsova in Russia's Primorsky Krai region. A policeman said “The wild animal unexpectedly jumped onto the road, which did not give the driver the chance to stop the vehicle.” The driver of the car hit the back of the leopard when he was unable to brake in time as it ran out in front of him. These are some ways that humans are threatening this species. The Amur Leopard's habitat is primarily found in Boreal forests, and mountains in Russia, and China. Their historic range is mainly Korea. There are about 7-12 in China, 15-20 in Russia, and about 30 in captivity. In the world there is only about 53. That is not a lot at all. So if you ever go to a zoo and see one you might think they’re awesome, it would be a shame if they became extinct. Sources: WWF/ WWF Wikipedia ALTA Rolling Hills Zoo Wildscreen Arkive IConn Save the Amur Leopards daily mail Endangered Space Active Wild |
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