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Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
	One of the most endangered big cats in the world, they are on the IUCN Critically Endangered Red list. They lost 80% of their range in the wild just between 1970-1983. Also called the Manchurian or Korean leopard, they occupy a remote area of the China-Russia border (the Amur River valley) and China-North Korea (the Ussuri River valley). In China and Korea they are on the verge of extinction, and in Russia they are estimated to number 30-50 adults. Efforts to save the Siberian (Amur) tiger will also help this cat, as the larger range protected for the tiger will also make room for the leopard. However, with the breakup of Russia and widespread illegal trade of tiger and leopard products in Asian countries, 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. We have several adults we imported from European zoos (Tallin, Helsinki, Moscow, and Berlin) to spread out the captive bloodlines and minimize inbreeding.
For more information on these leopards, and to help save them in the wild, please visit the Amur leopard page.
Amur Leopards at EFBC/FCC


Aijka	Female, born 30 April 1994, arrived from Tierpark Berlin in August 1995. Mother of many cubs with Gigant, grandmother to Sakhar.	More Photos 2006 2005 Feb 02 Aijka
Anju	Daughter of Gigant and Solstice, born here on 26 March 1996. Solstice, a first time mother, raised her cub for a few days and then neglected her - leaving the cub crying alone for long periods of time. Anju was pulled for hand rearing at a few days of age. A very precocious and stubborn cub, she quickly outgrew the stage where she enjoyed human contact.	Photo history at births_1996
Gregori	Male, arrived here 17 October 2001 from Jungle Cat World Wildlife Park in Canada. Handraised.	Photo history at Arrivals 2001
Katia	Daughter of Gigant and Aijka, born here in 1997, moved to Philadelphia Zoo 1998, mother there of Sakhar, returned to Rosamond May 2009.	Photo history at births_1997
Masha	Daughter of Gigant and Solstice, born here on 6 May 1997. Younger full sister of Anju - like with Anju, Masha was pulled at several days of age for hand rearing. In this case, the cub had been injured by Mom, and so Masha is missing several inches of her tail.	Photo history at births_1997
Sakhar	Female, granddaughter of Aijka and Gigant (daughter of Katia), arrived here from Philadelphia Zoo on 22 June 2004.	Photo history at Arrivals 2004
Sevastian	Son of Gigant and Aijka, born here on 7 May 2004. He has cancer, we have a special fund for donations to help with his chemotherapy and other vet costs.	Photo history at births_2004
Tanya	Female, born 22 April 1992, arrived from Moscow (via Oakhill) in August 1997. Mother of Yoqui (at Oakhill) and of Sasha and Ktusha.	More Photos Tanya With Sasha May 05
Yoqui	Male, born 15 April 1996, arrived from Oakhill Center in December 1996. Introduced to Anju at about 8 months of age, they never got along well. This can happen with two handraised cubs, one reason we prefer our cats to be mother-raised.	More Photos May 05 Jan 04 Yawning Hissing Young Yoqui Yoqui 1999

Video/sounds of our Amur leopards

Tanya's cub - mpg video
Tanya and Freddi mating - mpg video
Lana at 6 months - mpg video
Sasha at 11 weeks - mpg video
Masha in heat wav sound