In five years, they have managed to catch four Amur leopards.

It is likely the southernmost living group of Amur leopard.

Amur leopards are extremely conservative in their choice of territory.

The association of Amur leopards with mountains is fairly definite.

Human induced fires are a main threat to the survival of the Amur leopard.

The amur leopard is a critically endangered big cat.

Rare mammals inhabit the area, including the marten, brown bear, and Amur leopard.

A captive population of Amur leopards was established in 1961 from nine wild-born founders.

They include the Amur leopard, the rarest big cat in the world with only 30-40 animals left in the wild.

Amur leopards differ from other subspecies by a thick coat of spot covered fur.

The Amur leopard is an extraordinarily rare subspecies.

In the winter, this frozen semiwilderness is home to some of the last 30 to 40 Amur leopards in the world.

An Amur leopard was transferred to the Philadelphia Zoo in the summer of 2006.

Leopard Heights is home to the zoo's Amur leopards.

Conservation projects for the Amur leopard include:

The television series "Wild Russia" showed a quick glimpse into the life of Amur leopards.

Copenhagen Zoo has the rare Amur leopard, okapi and muskox.

Amur leopards are threatened by poaching, encroaching civilization, new roads, exploitation of forests and climate change.

Although the main focus of the study is to catch and track the Amur leopard, the team is working with other large mammals, including Asiatic bears.

An Amur Leopard was shot on Deogyusan in 1960, a few years before the species disappeared from South Korea.

Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur leopard)

Amur leopards, used to be found in northeastern China, probably in the south to Peking, and the Korean Peninsula.

In winter conditions are less favorable for tigers, and the extent of trophic niche overlap with that of Amur leopards probably reaches its peak.

The zoo population in both the American and European regions includes a considerable contribution of genes from Founder 2, who was not an Amur leopard.

Where few humans dare tread, black-faced spoonbills, mandarin ducks, Amur leopards and angora goats still find refuge.

Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur leopard)

The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and Jilin Province of northeast China, and is classified as Critically Endangered since 1996 by IUCN.