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Russia

National Endangered Wildlife, 20 January 2021

Every year, more and more species of plants and animals are registered in the Red List of threatened species of the Russian Federation.

On 20 January 2021, Russian Post issued a stamp as part of the EUROPA 2021 theme to raise awareness on Endangered Wildlife and Biodiversity.

The postage stamp features a female Persian leopard with a cub. The Persian leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica) is on the list of the Red Book of the Russian Federation and belongs to the first category as an endangered species. Its total global population is within 1,000. It was completely exterminated in Russia but presently, several young predators bred in the Leopard Recovery Centre and were released into the wild in the Caucasus. This is the largest subspecies of leopards.