2. FEATURES
 This rare subspecies has adapted
to life in the temperate forests that
make up the northern part of the
species range.
 The Amur leopard has soft yellow
fur with black dots all over its body.
 Its sense of smelling and listening is
great therefore they are able to
chase down foes with stealth.
 The Amur leopard can run at
speeds of up to 37 miles per
hour(60km). This animal can leap
more than 19 feet horizontally and
up to 10 feet vertically.
 The Amur leopard is Nimble footed
and strong, it carries and hides kills
so that they are not taken by other
predators.

3. HABITAT
 The Amur Leopards habitat is either
in the mountains or forests. The
Leopards only remain around the
Russian, China border.
 They use the forests for shelter like
hiding in trees and they also use it
to catch preys because of the many
places they could hide in the dense
forest.
 They live in mostly broad leaf and
mixed forests.
 The mountains are also used to
hide from poachers and predators
as its safe up there although
hunters eventually are able to find
them, It takes a whole lot of time
longer.

4. FACTS
 The Amur leopard is also known as
the Far East leopard. The Amur
leopard is found in temperate forest
habitat, which experience a wide
range of variability in temperature. It
is known to adapt to almost any
habitat that provides it with
sufficient food and cover.
 The Amur Leopard is a carnivore
therefore it eats meat.
 The main preys are roe deer, sika
deers, small wild
boars, hares, badgers and raccoon
dogs.
 They live for 10-15 years.

5. WHY THEY MATTER?
 The Amur leopard is important
ecologically, economically and
culturally.
 Conservation of its habitat helps
other species, including Amur
tigers and prey species like deer.
 There is currently only 30 left in
the whole world which all live
individually.
 The Amur leopard has one of the
most soft and beautiful spotted
fur out of all the leopards.

6. WHY IS IT ENDANGERED?
 The Amur leopards are currently
critically endangered because of the
small amount of them left in the wild
because of the poachers.
 The Amur leopard is poached
mostly for its beautiful, spotted fur.
 The female and male Amur leopard
skin are being sold for more than
$1000 each by hunters who poach
their fur.
 Villages surround the forests where
the leopards live have many greedy
hunters who would make an animal
extinct just for some cash and As a
result the forests are easily
accessible, making poaching easy
for the hunters.

7. HOW CAN WE HELP?
 There is currently a safe haven set
up for these leopards to start
breeding their population back into
a safe number however they will
need many donations to succeed at
this so they created a toy leopard
which is being sold to help raise
funds.

8. SOURCES
 http://worldwildlife.org/species/amur-leopard