Snow Leopard

Snow leopard sneaks among the white snow…

  • Snow leopards are medium large cats and the scientific name is panthera uncia or uncia uncia.
  • Snow leopards are native to the mountainous regions of Central Asia and they live in snowy, rocky or forest terrain usually by themselves.
  • Snow leopards typically weigh 27-55 kg (60-120 pounds), and have a short body but a long tail, 80-100 cm (31 to 39 in) long.
  • Snow leopards can’t roar but instead hiss, chuff, mew, growl and wail.
  • Snow leopards have litters of, on average, one to five cubs.

 

Snow Leopard, Melbourne Zoo, Victoria, Australia, predator stare, portrait, Ten Radnom Facts, National Geographic, Jason Edwards

Snow Leopard
Image courtesy of National Geographic
  • When travelling, snow leopards generally don’t like to make there own tracks so travel along another animal’s tracks instead.
  • Snow leopards live at altitudes of 2,700-6,000 meters (8,900-20,000 feet) in summer and in winter live at altitudes of 1,200-2,000 meters (3,900-6,600 feet)
  • Snow leopards dig up snow and then spray urine in the hole to mark its territory.
  • The snow leopard’s white coat helps it to be camaflouged in the snow.
  • Snow leopard’s diet consists of meat of various animals, depending on the season, and sometimes grass.
Bibliography:
Snow leopards 23 February 2013 , Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_leopard>
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