Snow+Leopard

= = =Snow Leopard... = **Kingdom:** Animalia **Phylum:** Chordata **Class:** Mannalia **Family:** Felidae **Genus:** Uncia **Species:** Uncia
 * Common Name: **Snow Leopard
 * Scientific Name: **Panthera Uncia
 * Order: **Carnivora

__**POPULATION **__
Researchers think that there is only about ** 3,500 to 7,000 **snow leopards left in the wild. No one has an exact count because snow leopards live in such hard and remote habitat that they are rarely seen. There are about 600 of snowleopards in zoos around the world. Snow leopards live all around the mountains of Central Asia; they live in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Snow leopards cover 2 million square kilometers, about the size of Greenland or Mexico, but spread across the twelve different countries. China contains about 60% of snow leopard habitat. The cats have already disappeared from some areas that they did live in, such as other parts of Mongolia. (km2.) ||~ Estimated Population ||
 * ~ Range Country ||~ Habitat Area
 * Afghanistan || 50,000 || 100-200? ||
 * Bhutan || 15,000 || 100-200? ||
 * China || 1,100,000 || 2,000-2,500 ||
 * India || 75,000 || 200-600 ||
 * Kazakhstan || 50,000 || 180-200 ||
 * Kyrgyzstan || 105,000 || 150-500 ||
 * Mongolia || 101,000 || 500-1,000 ||
 * Nepal || 30,000 || 300-500 ||
 * Pakistan || 80,000 || 200-420 ||
 * Tajikistan || 100,000 || 180-220 ||
 * Uzbekistan || 10,000 || 20-50 ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Snow leopards live between 3,000 and 5,500 metres above sea level in the rocky mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Snow Leopards mostly hunt at dawn and dusk. The Snow Leopard has long thick fur; which is whiteish, greyish but tinged with yellow and is patterned with dark grey or black rosettes and spots.

===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Adaptations for mountain life: === > Big paws; for walking in the snow
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Big, strong chest. This helps for hunting; running and pouncing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Short front legs with
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Long back legs for leaping at pray
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Long tail.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To help with balancing

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Adaptations for the cold:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A Big nose for lots of air to go in and out quickly. This helps with hunting; running and pouncing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Long warm fur with an 'under layer'; to keep nce and warm on those unforgiving days :)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Big furry tail; for wrapping around the body and face, when ever needed

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**What type** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mountains and forest || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mountains || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">YES and NO || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">can live in the same <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">distances as the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Red Panda || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and Uzbekistan || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes for China, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mostly NO || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Mouth-** Strong jaws for hunting and pouncing. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Eye position–** Half way at the front and at the back. So they are able to reconise pray easily.
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Red Panda** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Snow Leopard** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Same** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Common Name** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Red Panda || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Snow Leopard || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NO ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Scientific Name** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ailurus fulgens || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Panthera Uncia || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NO ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Kingdom** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Animalia || Animalia || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">YES ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Phylum** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chordata || Chordata || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">YES ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Class** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mammalia || Mammalia || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">YES ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Order** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Carnivora || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Carnivora || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">YES ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Family** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ailuridae || Felidae || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NO ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Genus** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ailurus || Uncia || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NO ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Species** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A.fulgens || Uncia || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NO ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Habitat:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**How high from sea level** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2,200 to 4,800m || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3,500 to 7,000m || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NO, but snow leopards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Where they live** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Himalayas, China and Burma || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India,

I think the habitat at the Melbourne Zoo suits the Snow Leopard pretty well. They have places to hide and places to sleep with a rocky landscape with high areas. I only found one which was a bit of a disappointment.


 * **The Good features the Habitat has.** || **The Bad features** ||
 * Has good hiding places || Needs a bigger area ||
 * Great sleeping places || Could do better with a high cold mountain type of feel ||
 * Nice rocky landscape ||  ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For Pictures of the landscape and the Snow Leopard at the zoo Click the file below -

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