Habitat & Range:
Amur leopards live in the temperate forests of Far Eastern Russia and China, experiencing harsh winters with the extreme cold and deep snow, as well as hot summers. The Amur leopard is the northernmost of all leopard subspecies. Its historic range extended throughout northeastern of China, and the southern part of China. This population shrank mostly during the 20th century, due primarily to habitat loss and hunting. Amur Leopards are mostly found in China, in temperate forests or Amur leopards are found primarily in boreal forests.
Predators/Enemies:
Mostly, the predators of the Amur Leopard are humans, due to the cat being a large animal, most of the animals in the wild, is the Amur Leopard's prey. Humans are one of the main reasons this has become, critically endangered, most of it due to Poaching, mostly for the beautiful skin, fur and meat. The other Animals, mostly want the food from the animal.
Behavior:
An Amur Leopard will kill or attack an enemy with an ambush or a sneak attack, you will find it rare to see a Amur leopard fighting with another animal especially with only a couple in the wild. The Amur leopard, as said before have light white fur on them and in the winter the spots get bigger and whiter and might be able to blend in with the other surroundings. The Amur Leopard does not use poison as it can’t even inject poison into something or an organism. When needed, if a prey is running the Amur leopard can run up to 40 mph and the same thing running away from his/her predator. An Amur Leopard can jump up to 15 feet vertically to escape a predator or even get closer to his/her prey. The Amur leopard has sharp teeth and certain teeth to bite and kill an enemy or predator. The Amur Leopard also has sharp claws to scratch, kill or even tear apart the enemy, and to eat the animal.
The Amur Leopard’s population is declining because humans poach for the Amur Leopard’s beautiful fur, then they have illegal trades for money.
Most of the Amur Leopards are surrounded by villages, and when they run out of space, they start to cut down trees, making the homes for the Amur Leopard to be destroyed. Another reason Amur Leopard population is declining is because of the hunting for it’s prey, such as roe deer, sika deer and hare, which are hunted by the villagers both for food and cash.
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