snow leopard

snow leopard

snow leopard found in India to Uzbekistan. It is very rare . snow leopard live in the highest spot in mountain. it is a very common animal. It look like leopard.

Naming and etymology

The snow leopard is also known in its native lands as wāwrīn pṛāng (Pashto: واورين پړانګ‎), shan (Ladakhi), irves (Mongolian: ирвэс), bars or barys(Kazakh: барыс [ˈbɑrəs]), ilbirs (Kyrgyz: Илбирс ), barfānī chītā (Urdu: برفانی چیتا) and him tendua (Sanskrit, Hindi: हिम तेन्दुआ).

Biology

Like other cats, snow leopards use scent marks to indicate their territories and common travel routes. These are most commonly produced by scraping the ground with the hind feet before depositing urine or scat, but they also spray urine onto sheltered patches of rock.^[12]

Snow leopards are crepuscular, being most active at dawn and dusk.^[13] They are known for being extremely secretive and well camouflaged.

Description of snow leopard

Description

The snow leopard has a short muzzle and domed forehead, containing unusually large nasal cavities that help the animal breathe the thin, cold air of their mountainous environment.

Reproduction and life cycle

The cubs leave the den when they are around two to four months of age, but remain with their mother until they become independent after around 18–22 months. Once independent, they may disperse over considerable distances, even crossing wide expanses of flat terrain to seek out new hunting grounds.

Ecology

Its geographic distribution runs from the Hindu Kush in eastern Afghanistan and the Syr Darya through the mountains of Pamir Mountains, Tian Shan,Karakoram, Kashmir, Kunlun, and the Himalaya to southern Siberia, where the range covers the Russian Altai mountains, Sayan, Tannu-Ola mountainsand the mountains to the west of Lake Baikal. In Mongolia, it is found in the Mongolian and Gobi Altai and the Khangai Mountains. In Tibet, it is found up to the Altyn-Tagh in the north.

location of snow leopard

habitat

Snow leopards live in the high, rugged mountains of Central Asia. While their habitat range covers 2 million km2(approximately the size of Greenland or Mexico), there are only between 4,000 to 6,500 snow leopards left in the wild.

Their habitat extends through twelve countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. China is one of the most influential countries for our conservation efforts, as it contains as much as 60% of all snow leopard habitat areas.

snow leopard prey & enemy's

preys

enemies

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