Hunted largely for its beautiful, spotted fur, the loss of each amur leopard puts the species at greater risk of extinction. With just over 100 individuals remaining and without the implementation of effective conservation measures, the amur leopard faces an extremely high risk of extinction. Despite slight gains in population, the amur leopard is still on the brink of extinction Learn about the threats it faces and what’s being done to help. Probably the world’s rarest cat With likely less than 200 left in the wild, the amur leopard could be the most endangered big cat on earth.
As recently as the 1970s, their population in the wild had dwindled to fewer than 30 individuals, making the amur leopard is one of the world’s most endangered big cats and for this reason it is listed as critically endangered by the iucn, and cites appendix i for protection status. Explore the life of the amur leopard—its cold forest habitat, ecological role, and the urgent conservation efforts to save this critically endangered species. Listed as “critically endangered” by the international union for conservation of nature (iucn) since 1996, its population has dwindled to approximately 100 to 130 individuals in the wild This beautiful feline, adapted to temperate forests, faces an ongoing struggle for survival. With habitat degradation via annual forest fires and ongoing development of the amur leopard's remaining wild habitat, the species is subsequently considered critically endangered. The amur leopard (panthera pardus orientalis) is the world’s most endangered big cat
