Amur Leopards
A speicies of endangered Leopards
Amur leopards, a subspecies of leopard found in the Russian Far East and northeastern China, are considered critically endangered mainly due to low population numbers and population fragmentation. Although there have been recent reports of increasing leopards in China and Russia, the latest assessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2020 estimated that less than 60 individuals are left in the wild with a decreasing trend.
Reasons for endagerment
Like other leopard subspecies, Amur leopards are threatened by
poaching, persecution, habitat fragmentation, excessive harvesting
for ceremonial use, prey source declines, and poorly managed trophy
hunting. Even though Amur leopards occur within a large surface area
along the eastern slopes of the East Manchurian Mountains dividing
China and Russia, their numbers are believed to be very low.
👉Symbolically adopt an Amur leopard