Talk:Amur Leopard

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Some article on problems Pacific pipeline project will cause to Amur Leopard

But Alexander fears the Pacific pipeline project would cause irreparable damage. "The population in this area would increase several times," he says. "That means many more poachers; more people straying into the reserve. With a new industrial zone on our doorstep, this area would be impossible for us to protect." [1]

The article leopard talks about this species under the name Panthera pardus amurensis. What is the correct name for the subspecies, amurensis or orientalis?

[edit] Also confused

What is it then amurensis or orientalis???

--Francisco Valverde|Francisco Valverde 22:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orientalis

According to the Amur Leopard Conservation Support Programme it is orientalis not amurensis.

--Francisco Valverde|Francisco Valverde 16:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)