Green Eyed Leopard

by Stephanie Grant

Title

Green Eyed Leopard

Artist

Stephanie Grant

Medium

Drawing - Pencil Drawing On Textured Paper

Description

Pencil drawing of the head of an Amur Leopard.
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is also known as the Far Eastern leopard and is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and Jilin Province of northeast China.It has been classified as Critically Endangered since 1996 by the IUCN. Only 14–20 adults and 5–6 cubs were counted in a census in 2007, with a total of 19–26 Amur leopards living in the wild.
Amur leopards are extremely conservative in their choice of territory. An individual's territory is usually located in a river basin and generally extends to the natural topographical borders of the area. The territory of two individuals may sometimes overlap, but only slightly. Depending on sex, age, and family size, the size of an individual's territory can vary from 5,000–30,000 ha (19–116 sq mi).
Amur leopards are extremely conservative in their choice of territory. An individual's territory is usually located in a river basin and generally extends to the natural topographical borders of the area. The territory of two individuals may sometimes overlap, but only slightly. Depending on sex, age, and family size, the size of an individual's territory can vary from 5,000–30,000 ha (19–116 sq mi).
Amur leopards breed in spring and early summer. One to four cubs are born. They are weaned at the age of 3 months. The young usually leave their mothers at the age of one and a half to two years. Due to the small number of reproducing Amur leopards in the wild, the gene pool is so reduced that the population is at risk from inbreeding depression

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July 18th, 2014

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