The Snow Leopard

The scientific name for the snow leopard is panthera unica  are also

the rarest animal and the endangered cat.

Diet

The snow leopard diet is primarily hunt wild sheep and goats. snow leopard are also known to eat smaller animal like rodents,hares and game birds.

Height

Snow leopards height is 2 feet (6cm) at shoulders.

Length

A snow leopards length is 6-7.5 feet (1.8-2.3m) includes 40 inch (1m tial length) females snow leopard are about 30% smaller then mamles.

Habitats

snow leopard live on cold rocky mountains and they are found in china,bhutan,

nepal,india,pakistan,afghanistan,russia and

mongolia.

Population

snow leopards are very rare in most of their range an estimated 3`500 to 7`000 snow leopards are left in the wild with 600,700 in zoos around the world.Exact number in the wild have not been determined due to the snow leopard shy nature.

Threats

The main threats that this species face include loss of their prey poaehing for for illegal trade, conflict with local people poorly planned mining within their habitat and lack of conservation capacity and awareness

How long snow leopards live for

In captivity, snow leopards have been known to live for as long as 22 years. Life in the wild is much harder for the snow leopards

and approximate age a tooth always  was conducted on a wild snow leopard that had died of nature cause.