Q 01/05

An Amur leopard can leap more than 19 feet in a single bound, but what top speed can it sprint at?

A) 9 mph

B) 18 mph

C) 37 mph

D) 75 mph

Answer · why

C) 37 mph

37 mph is the top speed reported for the Amur leopard, and the cat can also jump up to 10 feet straight up.

Q 02/05

Sometimes an Amur leopard wraps its long tail around its own body for what reason?

A) To mask its scent

B) To keep off insects

C) To calm its cubs

D) To keep warm

Answer · why

D) To keep warm

To keep warm is the reason: the Amur leopard has a long, furry tail that it sometimes curls around its body like a scarf in the cold.

Q 03/05

Researchers tell Amur leopards apart because every cat's spots are unique, like which human feature?

A) Eye colour

B) Fingerprints

C) Blood type

D) Natural hair colour

Answer · why

B) Fingerprints

Fingerprints are the usual comparison: no two Amur leopards wear the same markings, so researchers can tell individual cats apart in camera-trap photo...

Q 04/05

Which bigger cat shares the Amur leopard's Russian range and may kill leopards when prey is scarce?

A) Siberian tiger

B) Asiatic lion

C) Clouded leopard

D) Jaguar

Answer · why

A) Siberian tiger

Siberian tiger territory overlaps the Amur leopard's, and in China's Changbai Mountains the leopards keep to higher ground, farther from roads, than t...

Q 05/05

On the IUCN Red List, the Amur leopard holds which status, the last step before extinct in the wild?

A) Endangered

B) Conservation Dependent

C) Near Threatened

D) Critically Endangered

Answer · why

D) Critically Endangered

Critically Endangered has been the Amur leopard's listing since 1996, and by 2007 as few as 19 to 26 were thought to survive before numbers began to c...