Leopard (Amur Leopard by CatLover)

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Amur Leopard

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Creator: CatLover

Keywords: Real Animals, felines

Date Released: Jun 12th 05
Current Amur Leopard.ZTD dated 11 June 2005

File Size: 2.6 MB

Compatibility: DD & MM

Description: The Amur leopard is also called Far East leopard, Manchurian leopard or Korean leopard. It is often confused with the snow leopard, because they look similar. In the summer the hair of its pelt are 2.5 cm long, but in the winter they are 7 cm. The colour is light in winter, but changes to a reddish-yellow in summer. The rosettes of its fur are more widely spaced with thicker borders compared to other leopard subspecies. Its legs are also longer, possibly because it has to walk through snow. Adult males usually weigh 32-48 kg, but exceptionally large males may weigh up to 75 kg. Females are smaller and weigh around 25-43 kg.

The Amur leopard is he northernmost subspecies of the leopard living in temperate forests and harsh winters of the Russian Far East. It lives in Eastern Russia, Northern China, and probably North Korea. The main prey species are roe and sika deers, small wild boars, along with hares, badgers and raccoon dogs. Like other leopards it hides its prey to finish eating later.

The Amur leopard is nocturnal and solitary, but some males stay with the female after mating and may even help raise the cubs. They breed in the spring and early summer and the size of the litter ranges from 1-4 cubs. The cubs are weaned when they are three months old, and leave their mother when they are one-and-a-half to two years old. They attain sexual maturity at three years and are known to live for 10-15 years in the wild, but can in captivity live up to 20 years.

The Amur leopard is critically endangered with less than 40 individuals left. The threats to the Amur leopard is loss of habitat, less prey to kill, poaching and illegal trade and conflicts with humans.

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Additional info:

Amur Leopard.ZTD               uca: B23FD026 dated 11 June 2005

Results From Configuration Checking:

b23fd026.uca date: Sat Jun 11 21:10:16 2005
***** Error: cSwims setting is not 0 but water_idle is not defined.
***** Error: cSwims is not 0 but there is no [AmbientAnimsWater] section.
*** Warning: The [] section is unnecessary and could be removed.
***** Error: LCID is set to 1030 but [1030] section does not exist.
*** Warning: uca/ai file contains the word 'Undefined'.
*** Warning: BehaviorSet sections contain duplicate lines.
Animal Type: B23FD026

Amur Leopard

The Amur Leopard
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Siberia
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 90.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can swim in water terrain.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Wild Olive Tree, Elm Tree, Pacific Dogwood Tree, Cherry Tree
Lodgepole Pine Tree, Maple Tree, Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Bamboo
Thornless Mesquite Tree, Yew Tree, Birch Tree, Spruce Tree, Yellow Cedar Tree
Western Larch Tree, Trembling Aspen Tree, Globe Willow Tree
Japanese Maple Tree, Deciduous Bush, Paper Birch Tree, Weeping Willow Tree
White Oak Tree, Western Red Cedar Tree, Chinese Fir Tree
Himalayan Birch Tree, Western Juniper Tree, Himalayan Pine Tree, Sage Bush
Pine Bush, Club Moss Shrub (DD), Walchian Conifer Tree (DD)
Dawn Redwood Tree (DD), Gingko Tree (DD), Glossopteris Tree (DD)
Lepidodendron Tree (DD), Magnolia Tree (DD), Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD)
Bonsai (CC), Snowbell Tree (CC)

Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small
Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation, Highland Rock - Large
Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation, Medium Highland Rock (DD)
Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)

Other specifically liked items:
Cat Climbing Tree

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 1-4 with 35 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 70 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 70 grid squares):
41 Coniferous Floor, 3 Grass, 4 Brown Stone, 5 Gray Stone, 4 Fresh Water
5 Deciduous Floor, 8 Snow

Foliage (for exhibit with 70 grid squares):
7 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Chinese Fir Tree
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 7 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 70 grid squares):
3 Medium Coniferous Rock (DD), which is its most liked rock,
and 2 Small Rock - Small.

Elevation: Of the 70 squares, 5 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.