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The leopards in Amur have the lowest levels of genetic variation (mating with genetic relatives) than any leopard subspecies, leaving them particularly vulnerable to extinction.Īmur leopard has a thick coat and long thick hair, which varies from creamy yellow to rusty orange. This is a solitary, nocturnal leopard with an estimated wild population of over 84 individuals living in the Amur basin forests in eastern Russia, with some spread around neighboring China and a new sanctuary built-in 2012. We also know Amur leopards as an Eastern leopard, which is the most endangered feline species in the world.

The reality that the genus Okapia johnstoni is a true fossil, a living creature who seems the way his ancient ancestors are and does not live in close relations, for example, the fact that they are like the giraffe, given its zebra-like coloring. Scientists, zoologists, and scholars today are much better acquainted with these weird animals. Today we know it that such species mentioned could be the Okapi. In 1887, Henry Morton Stanley described a kind of donkey named “Atti” in the Congo. There were stories of an “African Unicorn” in Europe and Asia before the 20th century.

The history of the Okapi appears to be back in ancient Egypt, where we can find wall engravings of these animals. Okapi is the giraffe’s sole living relative, as both belong to the family of Giraffidae, with giraffes are of the genus Giraffa while Okapis are of Okapia. Okapis have a long tongue, yet their limbs have black and white stripes like a zebra and physique like horses. Although this rare species is sometimes called forest giraffes, it looks nothing like a giraffe until you look closer.