Amur leopards and why they are important!

Amur leopards are the apex predator of their food web. This means that they have no natural predators and keep prey populations in check. Without the Amur leopards, the populations of its prey will proceed in growing exponentially, which will inevitably cause the ecosystem to go into havoc. The herbivores (primary consumers) will start eating all of the plants in order to survive, and populations in the area may go extinct. Through conservation efforts put in by the WWF and other movements, the Amur leopard will hopefully bounce back from such a low population as its cousin the Amur (Siberian) tiger. If the Amur leopards were to go extinct the whole food chain would crash. (Why do Amur leopards matter to the world? - Quora) “The Amur leopard is endangered because of loss of habitat and poaching of its prey. Since 1996 the Amur leopards have been critically endangered, there are only around 100 Amur leopards left in the wild. Amur Leopards are the world’s most endangered big cats due to poaching and habitat loss.” It is estimated that the current wild Amur leopard population is 60 to 80 individuals. amur-leopard/)

(https://www.rosamondgiffordzoo.org/experience/animals/mammals/) Amur leopards stabilize the number of species in their food chain so they are key to keeping a food chain stable.

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