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Amur leopard facts and distribution 2022

Introduction This page has been refreshed at Dec 28, 2021. This is necessary in order to keep an eye on the population numbers to see whether they are increasing or decreasing (nearly always decreasing)...

A leopard cannot change its spots

Can leopards change their spots?

No, an individual leopard can’t change their spots once they are fully developed. But the background colour varies considerably across the cats huge distribution. And leopard markings are, in fact, dark spots to rosettes...

Amur leopard

Amur Leopard Population

The current wildcat news which is considered good news is that the Amur leopard population has almost doubled to 12 (2011). The bad bit about this news is the ridiculously low figure. And let’s...


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