Details for Snow Leopard

• Snow Leopard

  The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a large feline native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia, including the Himalayas, Tibet, and Altai mountains. It is renowned for its thick, smoky-grey fur with dark rosettes, providing excellent camouflage in rocky, snowy terrain, and its long, thick tail used for balance. Snow leopards typically weigh 25-55 kg (55-120 lbs). They are solitary and elusive apex predators, primarily hunting wild sheep (like Argali and Bharal) and goats (like Ibex). The snow leopard is endangered due to poaching, habitat loss, and retaliatory killings by herders.

  

  Habitat: The Snow Leopard lives in Mongolia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Russia.