🐾 LandCare difficulty: AdvancedLegal complexity: High — restricted in many states
Amur leopard
Panthera pardus orientalis
The Amur leopard is a critically endangered big cat adapted to the cold forests of the Russian Far East, with a wild population numbering in the low hundreds. Poaching and habitat loss reduced it to one of the rarest cats on Earth, though protection has allowed a fragile increase.
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Quick facts
| Size | Large cat ~1.1-1.4 m body, 25-50 kg, with thick winter coat. |
| Lifespan | 10–20 years |
| Native region | Russian Far East and north-eastern China |
| Climate | 🍂 Temperate |
| Genus | Panthera |
Habitat & enclosure
Lives in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests with cold, snowy winters, where it grows an unusually long, dense coat. Its tiny population and small range make it acutely vulnerable to poaching, prey depletion, and fire. It is strictly protected within a transboundary reserve network; this profile is conservation/education only, never a pet.
Diet
An apex predator hunting deer, hares, and other forest prey across large territories. Maintaining healthy prey populations and anti-poaching enforcement are essential to its recovery.
Behavior & temperament
Solitary and elusive, individuals hold large home ranges and are monitored by camera traps. Captive breeding maintains a genetically managed insurance population, with careful planning toward potential future reintroduction.
Reviewed and signed off by: KinStation Editorial — conservation profile (pending DVM/biologist review)