Meet The Endangered: Amur Leopard
Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
Only around 130 individual Amur Leopards remain in the wild. Native to the Russian Far East, Northern China and Korea, this exquisite subspecies is now restricted to a patch along the Russian/Chinese border about the size of Delaware.
The largest threat is poaching. The animals are hunted for their magnificent furs, which grow thick in winter and manifest a rare, snow-adapted pale cream color. Each pattern is unique, like a human fingerprint.
The solitary and territorial felines can leap 10 ft (3 m) vertically and 19ft (5.8 m) horizontally. They use their stealth and speed to feed on deer, hares, badgers and other small mammals.
IUCN: Critically Endangered (CE)