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
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- 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>
