Amur Leopards

Have you ever wondered what is the rarest big cat in the world? Well, it's the Amur leopard. The Amur leopard is a beautiful and rare big cat. Sadly, there are only 100 left in the wild and that means it is rare because it is endangered. Today, we will learn about the most rare big cat.

The kids life

A mother's gestation period is 90-105 days. Then, when the time comes, a mother can have 2-6 baby amur leopards. A baby will be born blind and can not crawl until 12-15 days. The mother will have to protect their baby at this time of their life. A mother will be in a pack but will avoid the members during the 12-15 days to be sure that their baby is safe. The baby will be 500-700 grams when they are born. Before, they become an adult and baby amur leopard they would not hunt, their mother would hunt for them. Amur leopards mainly eat deer. They will leave their parents when they reach 2-3 years.

An Adult

An adult amur leopard is very independent after they leave their parents. They would hunt and do everything themself. When an amur leopard turns into an adult, they weigh 70-110 pounds. This is when the leopard has to be very careful. This is when trophy hunters would want to kill them. Trophy hunters are hunters that use cruel ways to kill the animals. They want to kill animals so they can make the animals into rugs and sell them.

Adult amur leopards have various ways to survive in the wild. They are very good at camouflage. Since, they live in a cold and snowy place and their coats are like pale cream so it is easy to camouflage in the surroundings.

Amur leopards communicate in vocalizations like moaning. Moaning will make others think that they have displeasure. Displeasure is when you are annoyed.

Just Some Facts

Do you know that amur leopards only live 15 human years? Also, since they are hunted so much, they can die before 15 years, or maybe a little after 15 years if they don’t die of old age, or get hunted.

Do you know that most amur leopard deaths are by hunting? Amur leopards are mostly hunted because of the spotted skin that the hunter can sell for a large price.

Conclusion

I hope you learned something new today! Remember to read my other blogs!

Facts

• The amur leopard is the rarest big cat in the world

• The Amur Leopard is the only big cat in the world that can survive -40 degrees celsius

• The Amur Leopard is an expert in camouflage

• The Amur Leopard can run 40 miles per hour

• They can jump 20 feet horizontally and 100 feet vertically

• There are only 100 Amur Leopards left in the wild

• Amur Leopards mainly eat deer

• There long tails help them keep balance when they run

• Amur Leopards can carry up to 3 times there weight

• The Amur Leopard’s scientific name is Panthera Pardus orientalis

• The Amur leopard’s death is mainly caused by trophy hunters 

• Trophy Hunters are hunters that use cruel technics to kill animals

• They do this because they want to Amur leopards skin so, they can make it into rugs and other things

• Amur Leopards do not hibernate

• Baby Amur leopards are born blind

• Baby Amur leopards are unable to crawl before 12-15 days after birth

• Baby Amur leopards are born 500-700 grams

• The Amur leopard will try to be safe with its kid by staying in a pack but the leopard will try to avoid each other because they are very protective.

• Baby Amur leopards will stay with their parents for 2-3 years

• An mother Amur leopard can have 2-6 babies

• An mother Amur leopards gestation period can be 90-105  days

• They have a pale creamed color/

• Amur leopards wait for the prey and sit quietly and once it comes, the leopard would run towards it. Once it is killed, the leopard would eat some of it and the rest of the leopard would put it up in a tree so no other predator would eat it.

• Amur leopards would communicate with vocalizations 

• You can find them in north china and southeastern russia 

• They are mammals

• Their life span is from 10=15 years

• The amur leopard 21-31 inches to shoulder

• The amur leopard is 42-54 inches long

• The amur leopard will bite if you try to attack them

• Amur leopards are mainly hunted for their spotted skin.