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	Leopard Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Leopards are absent from Sumatra, perhaps because of the presence of tigers and six other species of felids, and from Borneo, probably because of the absence of a large ungulate prey base.
		Leopards range exceptionally up to 5,700 m where a carcass was discovered on the rim of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and are abundant on the highest slopes of the Ruwenzori and Virunga volcanoes.
		Although protected officially, leopards continue to be killed opportunistically and there are numerous reports of local people going to extraordinary lengths to kill leopards reported in their vicinity, organizing hunting parties which do not return until the leopard is found and killed.
	www.csew.com /felidtag/pages/Educational/FactSheets/leopard.htm (2965 words)

	Leopard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The leopard hunts mostly on the ground, and is an excellent stalker, on average stalking 275m.
		Leopards are solitary, and the female’s range is usually exclusive, although this may be slightly flexible.
		Leopards are good breeders in captivity and are a lot more resilient in the face of growing pressures than either lions or tigers appear to be, making conservation programmes slightly easier.
	members.aol.com /cattrust/leopard.htm (1723 words)

	Amur or the Siberian tiger -- Panthera tigris altaica
		Due to the fact that the Amur River runs directly through their Russian habitat the common name of the Siberian tiger has changed to reflect their modern-day status and this subspecies is now usually referred to as the Amur tiger.
		Wild Amur tigers are thought to have experienced a 1940 all-time low of approximately 50 cats in Russia and an unknown number in China, but this could have been as high as 100 at the time.
		The Amur tiger has never been common and populations which maintain a low level for long periods of time are not as subject to genetic problems as larger populations which abruptly crash or are splintered.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /tiger/amur.html (462 words)

	Leopard
		Size and Appearance: The leopard is the smallest member of the 4 "great cats" and most closely resembles its cousin the Jaguar.
		Leopards vary in length from 3 - 6.25 ft with a tail length of 22.5 - 43 inches, and stand 17.5 - 30.5 inches high at the shoulder.
		The Amur leopard is managed via a PMP and includes AZA zoos, non-member zoos, and private owners as part of the program.
	www.bigcatrescue.org /leopard.htm (931 words)

	LEOPARD ARTICLES,INFO,STUDY,RESEARCH,DATA AT BIGCATSWORLD.COM
		Leopards were found in almost the whole of Africa and in large parts of Asia, ranging from Turkey and the Middle East to Indonesia and Russia.
		Amur leopards in zoos show some evidence of breeding seasonalilty with a peak in births in late spring/early summer.
		Additionally, the Amur leopard is threatened by the extremely small wild population size, which makes them vulnerable to “catastrophes” such as fire or disease, to chance variation in birth and death rates and ratios (eg all cubs born for two years might be male), and to inbreeding depression.
	bigcatsworld.com /new207769.html (502 words)

	Amur Leopard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Description: The Amur leopard is adapted to living in cold, snowy climates with their long legs and hair as well as living in regions with summer temperatures from 77 to 95 degrees.
		The Amur leopard is the most northern race with a wild population of 55 individuals.
		The male leopard at the Central Florida Zoo was born in 1996 at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.
	www.centralfloridazoo.org /animals/Amur_leopard.htm (347 words)

	Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
		Leopards (Panthera pardus) are among the most adaptable of the cat species and are found in a wide variety of habitats across Africa and Asia.
		In fact, the Amur leopard is "in immediate danger of extinction" and is considered one of "world's most endangered cats" (Shoemaker, et al 2).
		The name Amur (pronounced "ah - MUHR") refers to the region where Amur leopards are found in the wild — near the Amur River in eastern Asia.
	www.rollinghillswildlife.com /animals/l/leopardamur/index.html (1233 words)

	Amur Leopard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), whose habitat is currently confined to the Sikhote-Alin mountains, is the northernmost subspecies of leopard.
		The Amur leopard is the rarest of the big cats, and is in danger of dying out in the wild.
		Amur leopards prefer to live in forested territory, but most of the forest in which they live is surrounded by farms and villages, making poaching easier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amur_Leopard (418 words)

	WWF \| Amur-Heilong \| Species
		The range and population of the leopard have decreased in the past 50 years and only three to five new litters are registered annually.
		Our long-term conservation goal for leopard conservation in the Amur-Heilong is to enlarge and maintain a genetically viable population of at least 50 individuals in southwestern Primorskii and, because a population of 50 individuals is still dangerously close to extinction, we must also create new founder populations in the animal's former range.
		As is the case with the Amur leopard, minimum area requirements for the species indicate that the tiger has room for expansion if its prey base of red deer, sika deer, roe deer, and wild boar were to increase.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildplaces/amur/species.cfm (974 words)

	Animals: Mammals Amur Leopard
		An Amur leopard's fur is reddish-yellow in the summer and becomes lighter in the winter to blend in with the snow.
		Amur leopards reach sexual maturity at the age of three.
		Amur leopards are solitary, as most cats are.
	www.philadelphiazoo.org /index.php?id=3_1_1_26 (337 words)

	Leopard
		The overall size of the leopard depends very much on the subspecies and location, with the largest animals growing to a length of nearly 5 feet with an additional tail length of some 3 feet - generally the male is between 20-40% larger than the female.
		Although a strong and competent hunter the leopard is not without threat from other carnivores - because of this the leopard commonly caches its prey high in the boughs of trees away from packs of scavenging hyenas and opportunist lions.
		The Korean Leopard (P.p.orientalis), also known as the Amur Leopard are extremely rare in the wild, suffering extensively from habitat loss.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /agarman/leopard.htm (684 words)

	Amur Leopard - Panthera pardus orientalis
		Amur leopards are very distinct from other leopards.
		Each year an Amur Leopards count is held in Russia.
		The number of leopards is estimated by counting tracks in fresh snow in winter.
	www.scz.org /animals/l/leopard.html (303 words)

	WWF - Amur leopard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The leopard is rarely found in cold or high-elevation environments and is best known in its more familiar home in the savannas of Africa, where populations are relatively stable.
		The organization is also implementing programmes to stop the traffic in Amur leopard parts and to increase the population of prey ungulate (hoofed) species in the leopard's habitat.
		The Amur leopard is habitually nocturnal and solitary.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/priority_species/amur_leopard/index.cfm (396 words)

	Amur Leopards
		This sub-species of leopard has a denser fur as an adaptation to survival in the colder climate of Siberia where winter tempertures can fall as low as -30ºC. Females are generally smaller in size and weight to males.
		Due to hunting and the conversion of land for commercial deer farming, the Amur leopard is now severley endangered as a sub-species.
		The leopards are killed for body parts used in Chinese medicine and sometimes shot or trapped by farmers protecting their livestock.
	www.cstwp.co.uk /amur.html (431 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Leopard (Panthera pardus) facts and pictures
		The leopard inhabits the forests, mountains and grasslands of Africa and Asia.
		Leopards can also be all fl, a condition known as "melanism", which is common amongst the spotted cats.
		Leopards keep their claws sharp by clawing the bark of trees, which helps to shed the outer layer of the nail.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=57 (1146 words)

	Amur Leopard Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Amur Leopard’s coloring is a reddish yellow color during the summer that becomes slightly lighter in the winter.
		Amur Leopards are territorial, and mark the boundaries of their territory with their urine.
		Amur Leopards prey on Roe, Musk, and Sika Deer, hares (rabbits), and badgers.
	www.east-buc.k12.ia.us /02_03/Sp/bn/bn.htm (249 words)

	Leopard
		This large cat is sometimes confused in appearance with the South American Jaguar - the leopard though is less stocky and unlike the jaguar, its rosette markings are generally smaller and have no internal spots.
		All fl or melanistic leopards, sometimes commonly called 'Black Panthers' (see below), are born in the same litter as normally marked cats and also carry the rosette markings, although these are masked by the darkness of the fur.
		The leopard is a versatile hunter and generally nocturnal in its pursuit of prey - however the increased frequency of hunting found in the female raising young often leads to more opportunist hunting during daylight hours.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /agarman/bco/leopard.htm (723 words)

	Boreal Forests of the World Mammal Species - Amur Leopard
		The Amur leopard is well adapted to the harsh climate of its range.
		In the sixties and seventies the Amur leopard was still found in considerable numbers in former Manchuria, the Korean peninsula and in the southern part of Ussuriland in the Russian Far East.
		Not only the leopards themselves, but also important prey species, such as roe deer, sika deer and hare, were hunted by the villagers.
	www.borealforest.org /world/mammals/leopard.htm (449 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is just one of the reasons why it is endangered as people hunt them for their coats, there are many more reasons why the Amur leopard is in trouble and face high risk of extinction in the wild.
		Farmers raise deer on their land, when food levels are low in the wild the leopard are then forced to hunt food from the farmers land.
		Although the leopard is adapted to cold weathers the Russia's harsh winters do not help with the survival of the Amur leopard, as the prey that the leopard feeds on can not cope with the winters and die off.
	users.aber.ac.uk /stl4/amurleopard.htm (456 words)

	Amur leopard -- Panthera pardus orientalis
		the Manchurian leopard, or the Korean leopard, i
		The Amur leopard is listed as critically endangered with, at most, 20-30 remaining in Russia and no more than 10 to be found in China.
		These meadows are no good for leopards or tigers and the animals retreat further into the forest depths.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /tiger/leopard.html (276 words)

	Amur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Amur River (Russian: Амур; Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; pinyin: Hēilóng Jiāng, or "Black Dragon River"; Mayan; Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or "Black River"; Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning "Black River") is Earth's eighth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Manchuria in China.
		Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia.
		The Amur is bordered by Heilongjiang province of China in the south, and Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and Khabarovsk Krai of Russia in the north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amur_River (454 words)

	Leopard Movies
		Leopards (Panthera pardus) are one of the four 'big cats' of the genus Panthera.
		Originally, it was thought that a Leopard was a hybrid between a Lion and a Panther, and the Leopard's common name derives from this belief: leo is the Latin for lion, and pard is an old term meaning panther.
		There are 7 subspecies of Leopard (one of them extinct) and several other big cats called leopards which are not the same species, although they are related.
	www.junglewalk.com /video/leopard-movie.htm (463 words)

	The Amur River
		Amur is the sixth-longest river in the world, flowing 2,744 miles across the Far East regions of Russia, forming from a blending of the Argun and Shilka Rivers and flowing to the Tartar Strait at the Pacific Ocean.
		The Amur is the largest undammed river in the world.
		More famously living in this area is the Amur Leopard, of which only about 50 are thought to remain in existence.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/geography/amurriver.htm (218 words)

	KATU - Portland, Oregon - News - Amur leopard at the Oregon Zoo diagnosed with cancer
		Amur leopard at the Oregon Zoo diagnosed with cancer
		Amur leopards are mostly nocturnal and are "opportunistic" hunters, taking whatever kind of prey they can handle.
		Like their African cousins, the Amur leopards have a yellowish, tawny coat with many spots that are widely spaced rosettes with thick borders.
	www.katu.com /news/story.asp?ID=82245 (793 words)

	Welcome to Lincoln's Folsom Children's Zoo and Botanical Gardens
		The Amur leopard is a specific subspecies of leopard found only in the Amur river valley in Siberia, Manchuria, and Korea.
		Leopards are carnivorous, meaning they are meat eaters who will stalk and kill prey.
		Forests and grasslands in the Amur river valley in Siberia, Manchuria, and Korea.
	www.lincolnzoo.org /animals/amur_leopard.html (218 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Rare leopard 'faces extinction' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The world's rarest cat, the Amur leopard, is facing extinction in the wild, conservationists have warned.
		Human settlements and forest fires have already pushed the Amur leopard to the brink of extinction - there are more in captivity than there are in the wild.
		The pipeline will pass through the Amur leopards' only remaining range - and conservationists working with the Zoological Society of London say it could be the last straw.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4197737.stm (200 words)

	Leopard Cat
		Principal Threats: The primary threats facing the Leopard cat are deforestation, commercial exploitation (in the past numbers as high as 400,000 pelts per year).
		This was also the first cat recently to be used by man in a hybrid situation in a quest for a new breed of cat.
		Leopard cats from various geographic origins were commonly imported into this country during the 1960s and early 1970s.
	www.bigcatrescue.org /leopard_cat.htm (890 words)

	Endangered Species
		Amur leopard (P.p.orientalis) One of the most endangered big cats in the world, they are on the IUCN Critically Endangered Red list.
		However, with the breakup of Russia and widespread illegal trade of tiger and leopard products, both of these cats could be extinct in the wild in a few short years.
		The Amur leopard is the type of cat EFBC/FCC is concentrating on with our breeding programs.
	www.angelfire.com /nc3/sunhawk/amurleopard.html (214 words)

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