Talk:Amur leopard

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Some article on problems Pacific pipeline project will cause to Amur Leopard

But Alexander fears the Pacific pipeline project would cause irreparable damage. "The population in this area would increase several times," he says. "That means many more poachers; more people straying into the reserve. With a new industrial zone on our doorstep, this area would be impossible for us to protect." [1]

The article leopard talks about this species under the name Panthera pardus amurensis. What is the correct name for the subspecies, amurensis or orientalis?

IUCN red list uses orientalis [2],as does a 2011 scientific paper [3]. So it seems like orientalis is the more commonly used, although it doesnt necessarily mean that amurensis and orientalis aren't both used. douts (talk) 23:28, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Also confused

What is it then amurensis or orientalis???

--Francisco Valverde|Francisco Valverde 22:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Orientalis

According to the Amur Leopard Conservation Support Programme it is orientalis not amurensis.

--Francisco Valverde|Francisco Valverde 16:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello, It is orientalis. Further information on leopard subspecies can be found in the taxonomic notes on the IUCN Red List website.

--ALTA www.amur-leopard.org 15:44, 8 February 2010 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AmurLeopardALTA (talk • contribs)

"AMUR LEOPARD" Links

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AMUR LEOPARD LINKS:-

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Panthera pardus ssp. orientalis

Amur leopards are now believed to be practically extinct in the mountainous regions of ... In South Korea, the last record of an Amur leopard is from 1969, ... www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/15957/all - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/15957/all

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Amur Leopard Conservation Support Programme

This Amur Leopard Conservation Support Programme has grown out of the increasing coordination of the conservation work for Amur leopards between several key organizations – namely The Tigris Foundation, The Zoological Society of London, Moscow Zoo, Phoenix, AMUR and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). This group, along with additional funding partners, has formed the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance and is working hard to increase public awareness of and political support for the conservation of both the Amur leopard and the Amur tiger. The Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance (ALTA) has produced an information sheet (PDF 1.21Mb) with lots of information about the activities in progress to secure a future for both leopards and tigers in the Amur region. The latest ALTA Newsletter (January 2007) is also now available (PDF 642Kb).

http://www.amur-leopard.org/

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Wikipedia the free Encyclopedia page on Critically Endangered AMUR LEOPARD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_Leopard

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AMUR — AMUR (Russian Far East) Leopards

The Amur leopard has longer fur for winter warmth and ’open’ rosettes ... For a great deal more detailed information about Amur leopards visit the following ... amur.org.uk/leopards.shtml - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

http://amur.org.uk/leopards.shtml

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WWF - Amur leopard

This is the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), also known as the Far East leopard, the Manchurian leopard or the Korean leopard. ... www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/priority_species/amur_leopard/index.cfm - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/priority_species/amur_leopard/index.cfm

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Amur Leopards - Wildlife Conservation Society

Conservation of the Amur Leopard in the Russian Far East, Wildlife Conservation Society. www.wcs.org/international/Asia/russia/Amurleopard - 40k - Cached - Similar pages

http://www.wcs.org/international/Asia/russia/Amurleopard

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Amur leopard - Panthera pardus orientalis: More Information - ARKive

ARKive - Images of life on Earth. A new digital library of photographs, film clips and accompanying information about endangered species, ... www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Panthera_pardus_orientalis/more_info.html - 26k -

http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Panthera_pardus_orientalis/more_info.html

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VIDEO: YouTube - Amur Leopard, watch before they are extinct

Amur Leopard, watch before they are extinct ... The first Leopard who is shown here is a male called "Puzan", the second one with the cub is a female called ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdm-k1oKz84 - 78k - Cached - Similar pages

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdm-k1oKz84

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Save The Amur Leopards Petition

There are only around 30 Amur Leopards left in the wild, and only 10 purebred animals in captivity. Poaching, illegal logging, illegal fires, and a massive ... www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/542398780 - 31k - 18 Jan 2007 - Cached - Similar pages

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/542398780?ltl=1169233749

We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition: Save The Amur Leopards Target: Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation Sponsor: Annelisa Johnson

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Amur Leopard

With only 30 - 40 remaining in the wild, the Amur leopards are listed in international, federal and regional levels as critically endangered and are in immediate danger of extinction.

http://www.amurleopard.com/pages/1/index.htm

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WAZA - World Association of Zoos and Aquariums - Virtual Zoo

This studbook forms the basis for conservation breeding programmes operated at the regional level by several zoo associations for the Amur leopard (Panthera ... www.waza.org/virtualzoo/factsheet.php?id=112-007-002-004&view=Cats - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

http://www.waza.org/virtualzoo/factsheet.php?id=112-007-002-004&view=Cats

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS: Photo in the News: World's Rarest Big Cat Captured

November 16, 2006

In the remote forests of southeastern Russia, scientists have captured what's believed to be the rarest big cat on Earth: a Far Eastern leopard. The animal is so scarce that only 30 are thought to survive in the wild. The team, led by biologists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, caught the 100-pound (45-kilogram) male in a snare last week while studying Siberian tigers in the Russian Far East, 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Chinese border (See Russia map). The chance capture gave biologists a priceless opportunity to study the elusive feline, and Melody Roelke (below), a specialist in big-cat genetics with the U.S. National Institutes of Health, wasn't shy about getting a closer look. She and other team members conducted a thorough series of tests on the leopard, from studying its teeth to collecting sperm samples, before releasing the animal back into the wild. Among the scientists' main concerns is whether Far Eastern leopards, also known as Amur leopards, can continue to sustain their tiny, isolated population, or whether disease and inbreeding may eventually wipe out the cats. "This capture represents a milestone in our cooperative efforts to save the Far Eastern leopard and Siberian tiger from extinction," said Dale Miquelle, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Russia Program, in a statement. "With the information gained from these animals, and others to come, we will be in a much better position to determine appropriate conservation actions." —Blake de Pastino • More Photos in the News • Today's 15 Most Read Stories • Free Email Newsletter: Focus on Photography Photographs courtesy John Goodrich/Wildlife Conservation Society

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061116-russia-leopard.html

Atulsnischal 20:43, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Bad & Broken Link(s) in Article

Links 3 & 4 to news stories are bad in the references.

The third reference to the CNN news story is broken. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 20:03, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

66.56.28.232 19:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Government Conservation Programs

I've added new section: Government Conservation Programs.

It talks about a new program aimed to increase the population of Amur Leopards. I've provided a reference to the respectable Russian news agency web-site. I've also added the reference section as it was missing. I will add a couple more things to this page soon. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask. Andreyx109 (talk) 22:55, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

IUCN red list status

As of 15th February 2012, the IUCN red list website still lists the Amur leopard as Critically Endangered. Also as there is no citation for the statement saying this species is extinct in the wild (intro), i have reverted this back to Critically Endangered. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15957/0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Douts (talk • contribs) 22:40, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Protection

Would it be worth placing some protection on the article in order to prevent it being vandalised, which had happened repeatedly over the last few months? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Douts (talk • contribs) 09:46, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

cold snowy climate?

A reader noted the sentence:

The Amur leopard is the only leopard subspecies adapted to a cold snowy climate.

and asked about Snow leopard.

I don't have the subject matter expertise to weigh in, but hope someone here can. (OTRS agents see VRTS ticket # 2013122910000943 )--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:56, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

The snow leopard is NOT a leopard Panthera pardus subspecies, but a distinct species Panthera uncia. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 12:15, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

confusing sentence

Along with leopards crossing between Russia, China, and North Korea across the Tumen River despite a high and long wire fence marking the boundary. -- that sentence is not well formed. 97.94.139.106 (talk) 16:37, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

I've reworded the sentence – I hope that's better. —Bruce1ee^talk 05:05, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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Amur leopard versus other leopards in the Far East

In 2017, the Cat Classification Task Force of the Cat Specialist Group subsumed P. p. japonensis to P. p. orientalis, as in, they see the North Chinese leopard as being the same subspecies as the Amur leopard. At least the historic ranges of both populations include Manchuria or Northeastern China, so the new classification could solve the issue of which subspecies a leopard in that place would fit, but Uphyrkina et al. (2001) did say that though P. p. japonensis and P. p. orientalis were contiguous, the same goes for the former and P. p. delacouri, and that the association between all three is weak. Leo1pard (talk) 16:03, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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Leo1pard (talk) 17:50, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Contradictory distribution information

Unless I am misunderstanding the information presented, it appears there is contradictory information regarding the Amur's distribution. The "Current Population and Distribution" section says the Amur inhabits about 5,000 km2. "The Forest Degradation" section states they only exist in an area smaller than 2,500 km2". If one of these two statistics cannot be sourced it should be removed to avoid confusing readers. If both can be sourced, these two conflicting statements should be combined into one sentence that says something along the lines of, "The current population of wild individuals resides in an area estimated to be between 2500 and 5000 square kilometres" . To avoid redundancy (as Wikipedia generally calls for) it seems this information should possibly be removed from the "Forest Degradation" section and retained only in the "Current Population and Distribution" section". – Down time (talk) 18:59, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out the contradictory info! I checked and removed the faulty info in the "Forest Degradation" section. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 09:40, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 8 August 2018

Northeast Asian leopard → Far Eastern leopard – The name "Far Eastern leopard" is long established for this subspecies, along with "Amur leopard", whereas the name "Northeast Asian leopard" has to date NOT been used in any scientific source. The following list shows only a selection of several books and articles using this name in the title:

• Miquelle, D.G., Arzhanova, T.D. and Solkin, V., 1996. A Recovery Plan for Conservation of the Far Eastern Leopard: results of an international conference held in Vladivostok. Russia. 81pp.
  
• Augustine, J., Miquelle, D.G. and Korkishko, V.G., 1996. Preliminary results of the Far Eastern Leopard Project: implication for conservation and management. Zov Taigi 4(27): 6-11.
  
• Pikunov, D.G., Abramov, V.K., Korkishko, V.G., Aramiliev, V.V., Arzhanova, T.D., Karakin, V.P., Fomenko, P.V., Yudin, V.G., Lukarevskiy, V.S. and Nikolaev, I.G. 1999. Strategy for the conservation of the Far Eastern leopard in Russia. Moscow: World Wildlife Fund.
  
• Uphyrkina, O., Miquelle, D., Quigley, H., Driscoll, C. and O'Brien, S.J. 2002. Conservation genetics of the Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis). Journal of heredity 93(5): 303-311.
  
• Kostyria, A.V., Skorodelov, A.S., Miquelle, D.G., Aramilev, V.V. and McCullough, D. 2003. Results of camera trap survey of far eastern leopard population in southwest Primorski Krai, winter 2002–2003. Wildlife Conservation Society, Institute of Sustainable Use of Nature Resources, University of California (Berkeley), Vladivostok, Russia.
  
• Aramilev, V.V., Kostyria, A.V., Sokolov, S.A., Rybin, A.N., Mc-Cullough, D. and Miquelle, D. 2010. Monitoring of Far eastern leopard population (Panthera pardus orientalis) with photo traps. In Proceedings of International Conference «The Amur Tiger in Northeast Asia: Planning for the 21st Century. pp. 345-351.
  
• Hebblewhite, M., Miquelle, D.G., Murzin, A.A., Aramilev, V.V. and Pikunov, D.G. 2011. Predicting potential habitat and population size for reintroduction of the Far Eastern leopards in the Russian Far East. Biological Conservation 144(10): 2403-2413.
  
• Spitzen, V.V., Miquelle, D.G., Darman, Y.A., Aramilev, V.V., Hötte, M., Bereznyuk, S.L., Laptev, A.A., Aramileva, T.S., Myslenkov, A.A., Kerley, L.L. and Salkina, G. 2012. A Program for Reintroduction of The Far Eastern Leopard Into Southern Sixhote-Alin, Primorskii Krai, Russian Far East. Amur Leopard Reintroduction. The Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance, The Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance, pp. 88-106.
  
• Sulikhan, N.S., Gilbert, M., Blidchenko, E.Y., Naidenko, S.V., Ivanchuk, G.V., Gorpenchenko, T.Y., Alshinetskiy, M.V., Shevtsova, E.I., Goodrich, J.M., Lewis, J.C. and Goncharuk, M.S. 2018. Canine Distemper Virus in a Wild Far Eastern Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54(1): 170-174. BhagyaMani (talk) 13:16, 8 August 2018 (UTC)