Amur leopard
Conservation status
Critically endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera Species: Panthera pardus Subspecies: P. p. orientalis
Trinomial name
Panthera pardus orientalis Schlegel, 1857
Synonyms
Panthera pardus amurensis Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 430 pixelsFull resolution (2979 × 1600 pixel, file size: 1. ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn3. ... . ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Subclasses & Infraclasses Subclass †Allotheria* Subclass Prototheria Subclass Theria Infraclass †Trituberculata Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals (class Mammalia) are warm-blooded, vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including milk producing sweat glands, and by the presence of: hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex... Families 17, See classification The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: or ; from Latin carō (stem carn-) flesh, + vorāre to devour) includes over 260 species of placental mammals. ... “Feline” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Panthera (disambiguation). ... This page is about the animal. ... Trinomial nomenclature is a taxonomic naming system that extends the standard system of binomial nomenclature by adding a third taxon. ... Hermann Schlegel. ... In scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names used for a single taxon. ...

Amur Leopard at the Philadelphia Zoo

The critically endangered Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis or Panthera pardus amurensis) is possibly the rarest subspecies of leopard in the world with estimates of between 25 to 34 known individuals remaining in the wild.^[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1761x1371, 3169 KB) Source Own Picture Date Sunday, July 2, 2006 Author Photo by Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) Permission You may NOT use this image on your own web site or anywhere else unless you release this image and any derivative... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1761x1371, 3169 KB) Source Own Picture Date Sunday, July 2, 2006 Author Photo by Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) Permission You may NOT use this image on your own web site or anywhere else unless you release this image and any derivative... The Philadelphia Zoo, located in Fairmount Park on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, was the first zoo in the United States. ...

Common name

Its common name comes from the Amur River; other common names for this subspecies are "Far East Leopard" and the "Siberian Leopard". In science, a common name is any name by which a species or other concept is known that is not the official scientific name. ... The Amur (Russian: Амур) (Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; Hēilóng Jiāng, literally meaning Black Dragon River) (Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or Black River) (Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black River) is one of the worlds ten longest rivers, located between the Russian Far East and Manchuria of... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... This article is about Siberia as a whole. ...

Habitat

This species was originally distributed throughout the Korean Peninsula, northeastern China, and southeastern Russia; the majority of its range overlapping with that of the Siberian Tiger. Today, it is extremely close to extinction with only 25 to 34 known individuals remaining in the Sikhote-Alin mountains of southern Russia (only six of these are female), while it is estimated that at least 100 are needed if the species is to avoid extinction.^[2][3] A few individuals are thought to remain on the Kaema Plateau and Baekdusan of North Korea, but the status of the species here is unknown. Habitat destruction and the fur trade have diminished its numbers dramatically, and have resulted in the animal becoming the rarest extant member of the feline family on the planet. It has also been suggested that poachers interested in the Leopard's fur and meat helped bring about the Amur Leopard's downfall but there is no solid evidence to support this. The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. ... Trinomial name Panthera tigris altaica Temminck, 1884 Distribution of the Siberian Tiger (in red) The Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is a rare subspecies of tiger (). Also known as the Amur Tiger, it is considered to be the largest of the 6 tiger subspecies. ... For other uses, see Extinction (disambiguation). ... Sikhote-Alin is the home to Amur tigers, the largest felines in the world. ... The Kaema Plateau (Hangul:개마고원, Kaema Koweon; Hanja:蓋馬 高原) is a highland region of North Korea. ... Baitou Mountain, or Paektu Mountain, is a mountain on the border between China and North Korea. ... Poacher has two different meanings: A poacher is someone who engages in poaching – the theft or illegal killing of animals or plants, or sometimes artifacts. ...

Behavior

Although their range overlaps with that of the Siberian Tiger, the population of that feline is not as heavily affected as it is for leopards living near tigers in different regions. Amur Leopards tend to avoid living or hunting too close to tiger territory, to avoid direct competition for prey. Trinomial name Panthera tigris altaica Temminck, 1884 Distribution of the Amur Tiger (in red) A stretching Siberian tiger The Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is a rare subspecies of tiger (). Also known as the Siberian, Korean, Manchurian, or North China Tiger, it is the largest natural animal in the feline... Prey can refer to: Look up Prey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A prey animal eaten by a predator in an act called predation. ...

Like all leopards, they are very skillful and opportunistic hunters. Their usual diet consists of roe and sika deer, hares, badgers and small rodents. They are solitary animals with primarily nocturnal habits, and live mainly in forested areas. Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is a deer species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caspian coastal regions. ... Binomial name Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838 Subspecies The Sika Deer Cervus nippon is a typical member of the family Cervidae. ... A nocturnal animal is one that sleeps during the day and is active at night - the opposite of the human (diurnal) schedule. ...

Physiology

The Amur Leopard is differentiated from the ten other living subspecies of leopard by its longer fur, which is an adaptation for the cold, harsh conditions of the taiga. The fur of the Amur Leopard is golden orange and about 2.5 cm long during the summer. During the winter, the fur grows to around 7 cm, when it also lightens to a pale cream colour. Its coat has larger and more widely spaced rosettes than other leopards. For other uses, see Leopard (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Adaptation (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Taiga (disambiguation). ... This article is about the unit of length. ... This article is about the unit of length. ...

Conservation

While the Amur Leopard inhabits the same area as the Siberian Tiger, it has received far less attention from the media and from charities. The Amur leopard is the rarest of all the big cats, and is in immediate danger of becoming extinct in the wild. It is suffering from habitat loss and is especially vulnerable to natural disasters, such as fire, because of extensive habitat fragmentation. Amur Leopards prefer to live in forested territory, but most of its remaining territory is surrounded by farms and villages, making poaching easier. Habitat fragmentation is a process of environmental change important in evolution and conservation biology. ...

Russian plans to build an oil pipeline through the last remaining habitat of the Amur leopard were recently redirected to a safer route after pressure from the WWF and other environmental organizations. An elevated section of the Alaska Pipeline Pipeline transport is a transportation of goods through a tube. ... Note: After losing a court case in 2002 on the use of the initials WWF, the organization previously known as the World Wrestling Federation has rebranded itself as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature. ...

A Population Management Plan has been established for this subspecies of leopard. The PMP is a cooperative effort among zoos and other captive-animal facilities to monitor the status and plan breeding of the current captive population.

On April 16, 2007 a female was shot and killed by hunters, leaving only six females left in the wild.^[4][5] is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

A 14 week old Amur leopard made her public debut at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, England on 28 February 2008^[6] Marwell Zoo is situated in Hampshire, England, near Winchester. ...

Media

A female Amur Leopard and her cub were featured on Planet Earth's episodes From Pole to Pole and Seasonal Forests.
(The name of the female is "Skrytnaya". That means "The secretive one". Sadly, the cub died at the age of one and a half years. The young male was a result of inbreeding. His sire was also "Skrytnaya's" sire.) Planet Earth is a BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Alastair Fothergill. ...

References

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External links

• ARKive
• Saving the Amur Leopard: "Amur Leopard Conservation Support Programme"
• The Tigris Foundation -- dedication to the conservation of the Amur leopard
• Oregon Zoo fact sheet and videos
• WWF: World’s longest oil pipeline re-routed in Russia's Far East, endangered leopard habitat spared
• WCS Russia
• Wildlife Alliance and Phoenix Fund's direct protection efforts for Amur leopards and Amur tigers in the Russian Far East

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