Snow leopard

Panthera uncia · Felidae

The snow leopard is a felid species in the genus Panthera. It has a thick whitish to grey fur with black spots on the head and neck, with larger rosettes on the back, flanks and bushy tail. Males are larger than the females, and both sexes have long canine teeth.

Where the Snow leopard lives

Recorded in India, China, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Russia, Pakistan and Kazakhstan (Asia).

Most records fall in Ladakh, Qinghai, Hovd, Himachal Pradesh, Ysyk-Köl and Chhattisgarh.

See the Snow leopard’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 272 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.