Appearance & Anatomy:
The Appearance of an Amur Leopard isn't really any different from the normal Leopard. The Amur leopard is adapted to the cool climate by having thick fur which grows up to 7.5 cm long in the winter. For camouflage in the snow, their coat is paler than other leopard subspecies, and their tongue has tiny rasps or hooks, called "denticles", which are used to scrape the meat off of the bones of their prey.
They are 2.1 – 2.6 ft. in height. The Male weighs: 71 – 110 lbs, and the female weighs: 55 – 94 lbs. Their fur has light skin, with dark spots.
There claws are tiny, but sharp.
Diet:
The Amur leopard is solitary. nimble-footed and strong. It carries and hides unfinished kills so that they are not taken by other predators. The Amur Leopard, like all cats, even your house cat, is a Carnivore. Generally speaking, leopards eat a wide variety of prey based on the type of prey available. In fact, the leopard's "highly adaptable hunting and feeding behavior" is done throughout Africa and Asia. Amur leopards, in particular, feed on a variety of prey including roe deer, red deer, musk deer, sika deer, wild boar, hares, badgers, etc.
Life Cycle:
The Amur leopard mostly lives for 10-15 years, on average, in the wild. Captivity is 10-20 years. In the wild, it will only last about 10-15 years let alone predators trying to kill it. In captivity in can last up to 20 years.
The Amur Leopard cubs are live bearers, as they don’t hatch from eggs. After a gestation period of around 12 weeks, cubs are born in litters of 1-4 individuals, with an average litter size of just over 2.
Reproduction:
Reproduction for the Amur Leopard is at the age of 2.5 - 3. It has been reported that some males stay with females after mating and cares for the offspring, and may even help with rearing the young, 2 years after staying with the mother and possibly the father. The cubs stay with their mother for up to two years before becoming fully independent.
Like many large cats, Amur leopards are primarily solitary animals and mark their territories with urine. Leopards typically hunt alone and kill their prey by quietly stalking it or by ambushing it