Panthera pardus orientalis in Diergaarde Blijdorp
Date 8 May 2013, 12:34
Source Amoerpanter
Author Tim Strater http://www.flickr.com/people/41601691@N02 from Rotterdam, Nederland
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amoerpanter_(8721741886).jpg

The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and the Jilin Province of northeast China. The Amur leopard is also known as the Far Eastern leopard. Hermann Schlegel first described an Amur leopard in 1857 on the basis of a skin from Korea. The Amur leopard is the only Panthera pardus subspecies adapted to a cold snowy climate. Fossils of leopards from the Pleistocene period have been excavated in Japan, although identification of the species is uncertain.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera pardus
Subspecies: Panthera pardus orientalis (Schlegel, 1857)
Synonyms: Panthera pardus amurensis