A motorist encountered a rare Amur leopard in northern China.

Video filmed in the city of Hunchun in Jilin Province on February 8th shows, an Amur leopard wandering around a snow-covered forest.

In another clip, the leopard was seen walking onto a highway road.

According to a motorist named Lyu, it was his first time seeing the rare animal and the distance between him and the leopard was only around 10 metres.

According to reports, another citizen already spotted a wild Amur leopard on the side of the highway on February 4.

Officials from the Hunchun branch of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park confirmed that the animal was indeed an Amur leopard and emphasised its rare presence.

According to WWF, IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species classifies the Amur leopard as "Critically Endangered" and the estimated last remaining viable wild population is 57.

The Amur leopard is found in a small area in the Russian Province of Primorsky Krai, between Vladivostok and the Chinese border.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

2月8日，吉林珲春的吕先生在开车路上遇到了东北豹。吕先生表示，这是他第一次遇到，当时豹子距离自己只有10米左右，他因为太害怕没能第一时间把近距离的画面记录下来，豹子走远一些了他才拿出手机开始拍。
之前在2月4日，就有市民在珲春的高速边发现了野生东北豹，发现车辆后掉头跑回了树林。
对此，东北虎豹国家公园珲春分局的工作人员，其表示该动物确实是东北豹，数量稀少。