Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia) is one of the rarest specie of large cats current in the planet. It is discovered between three,000 and 5,500 meters above sea level in the higher and snowy mountain ranges of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
A Snow Leopard generally have extended thick fur on its body and can be located in smoky grey and yellowish tan colors, with whitish below components. There are grey to black open knots on their physique with little black stains on their heads and the comparable but larger spots on their legs and tail. Like other cats, eyes of Snow Leopard are greenish in color.
Snow Leopards have broad paws to administer their weight better for walking on snow, and thick fur on their undersides to enhance their grip on lofty surfaces and hold their body warm in freezing temperatures.
A Snow Leopard generally gains weight of 27 and 54 kilograms and can acquire the body length ranging from 75 to 130 centimeters with the additional length of their tail which is 75 to 90 % of that length. Snow Leopard cannot roar like their other loved ones members and their vocalism includes hissing, chuffing, mewing, growling, and wailing.
As far as their eating habits are concerned, Snow Leopards are carnivores and hunt like all other cats. They can kill animals three occasions larger than their sizes. But they are considered to be tactful eaters as they can also feed themselves by hares, reside stocks and birds. An additional astonishing element relating to their diet regime is that they can consume considerable quantity of grass and twigs as nicely.
Mining, logging, deforestation and industrial improvement has designed an alarming circumstance for the survival of this special cat. Most of the Snow Leopards are forced to move to unsuitable locations getting harsher and prey scaring atmosphere. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has placed the Snow Leopard on its Red List of Threatened Species as globally ‘Endangered’. Even though a lot of international and local agencies are functioning to safeguard snow leopards however far more steps need to be taken to save this magnificent creature before it becomes extinct.
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