Felis fontanierii proposed by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1867 was a leopard skin from the vicinity of Peking. Leopardus chinensis proposed by Gray in 1867 was a leopard skull from the mountains northwest of Peking. Leopardus japonensis described and proposed in 1862 by John Edward Gray was a tanned leopard skin received by the British Museum. Since Schlegel's description, several naturalists and curators of natural history museums described zoological specimens of leopards from the Russian Far East and China: In 1857, Hermann Schlegel described a leopard skin from Korea under the scientific name Felis orientalis. The Amur leopard is also known as the "Siberian leopard", "Far Eastern leopard", and "Korean leopard". Since at least 1985, this name has been used for the leopard subspecies in eastern Siberia and for the captive population in zoos worldwide. In particular, he referred to a leopard skin from the Amur Bay as 'Amur leopard'. The names 'Amurland leopard' and 'Amur leopard' were coined by Pocock in 1930, when he compared leopard specimens in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. japonensis), but was subsumed under the Amur leopard in 2017. The North Chinese leopard was formerly recognised as a distinct subspecies ( P. Results of genetic research indicate that the Amur leopard is genetically close to leopards in northern China and Korea, suggesting that the leopard population in this region became fragmented in the early 20th century. In 2021, it was reported the population was about 110 individuals. 
In 2019, it was reported that the population was about 90 leopards. Camera-trapping surveys conducted between 20 revealed 92 individuals in an 8,398 km 2 (3,242 sq mi) large transboundary area along the Russian-Chinese border. Īs of 2015, fewer than 60 individuals were estimated to survive in Russia and China.
It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as in 2007, only 19–26 wild leopards were estimated to survive in southeastern Russia and northeastern China. The Amur leopard ( Panthera pardus orientalis) is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and northern China. Historic and present distribution of the subspecies (excluding northern China to the west of Manchuria)
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