#panthera pardus orientalis

amurleopards:

“Part of Kristen Wieners’s job is to teach Ajax and Wyatt (pictured) husbandry behaviors, such as opening their mouths, which allows for them to keep track of their health.”-Source

AMUR LEOPARD is a rare subspecies of leopards that live in northern regions. Therefore their coat is usually paler compared to their other leopard siblings and have larger and more spaced out rosettes. The coat can grow up to 7.5cm in the winter and is soft and dense. 

Currently they are listed as critically endangered and there were less than 60 of them in the wild in 2016. Habit loss and hunting of their coat is one of the main causes for the small population. Maintaining a good prey population is also crucial in their recovery. Even though the Amur leopard is at the top of their food chain and an apex predator, they are finding it hard to survive! Let’s help them out by logging more sustainable for a start and/or adopt one of these little guys :O

Organizations that help Amur Leopards: WildCats,WWF

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