Leopard. Archival photo VLADIVOSTOK, January 3 Scientists of the Land of the Leopard National Park in Primorye received rare video footage of the «song» of the rarest Far Eastern leopard, the press service of the protected area told RIA Novosti. scientists «Land of the Leopard» with the help of a camera trap installed on the animal trail. The «song» of the rarest large cat in the world was recorded in the central part of the national park, not far from the Kravtsovsky waterfalls. The camera captured the vocalization process that helps animals communicate with each other. The video allowed scientists to establish the identity spotted screamer — it turned out to be a leopard with the unusual name Onisan, which in Japanese means «elder brother,» said a representative of the national park. According to him, the animal was identified by a unique pattern of spots on its skin, its number in the Land of the Leopard database is Leo 106M. In the video, a leopard, standing at the top of a mountain ridge, looks into the lens of an automatic camera. «The leopard left three marks at once: to smell with the help of urine, visual — scraped with his hind paws. The third mark was his active roar. Leo 106M displayed the natural behavior of the dominant male, proved to be the master of the territory, and also left information about himself in the scent tag. This is how animals communicate and sometimes attract a «soul mate,» the National Park noted. «Land of the Leopard» is the habitat of the rarest large cat in the world. Far Eastern leopards live only in the southwest of Primorsky Krai, as well as in a small area of China bordering Russia. In addition, several individuals were spotted near the border with the DPRK. The bulk of the population lives in the national park. According to the latest data, 110 adult Far Eastern leopards live in the wild in Russian protected areas. Amur tiger
