The rarest - baby Amur leopard

Baby male Amur leopard called Cipisek/Rayo (Panthera pardus orientalis, Levhart mandzusky) from ZOO Olomouc, Czech republic not the best quality - but this animal is SO rare, that I have to share it!



Story of the photo: People, I am so happy I visited pavilion of big cats and I spotted lovely tiny fluffy ball near huge paws of adult female. I was so shocked - this kitty was ONLY one month old! his mommy took him from the box only two days ago before I saw him. The baby was so small that it was moving with problems and was very adorable Czech republic is super power in breeding extremely endangered Amur leopards!


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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
Location: forests of Eastern Asia
Size: 1.9 m long body + 95 cm lond tail, 80 cm high weight: 60 kg
Diet: roe and sika deer, hares
Conservation status: Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Interesting facts: there are ONLY some 30 (THIRTY!!!) Amur leopards in the wild! | Amur leopard is the biggest from all leopard subspecies | Amur leopards have blue eyes | only female takes care of the cubs | in the wild, leopards live for 10-15 years, but they can live 20 years in captivity
ZOO: There are only 17 pureblooded Amur leopards in the World’s ZOOs – and 5 of them live in ZOO Prague in the Czech republic. 4 Czech ZOOs keep Amur leopards (Prague, Usti, Olomouc and Decin)

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