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THE CAT
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The Snow Leopard (Pantherinae Uncia uncia) has a beautiful soft grey coat with black ringed spots. The combination of short front legs, long powerful hind legs and a thick bushy tail a metre long provide the Snow Leopard with the perfect athleticism to navigate steep rocks and ridges.
The Snow Leopard weighs between 35-55 kg and is about eight times the size of a domestic cat. Snow Leopards are solitary creatures and only come together during the breeding season between January and March.
The female will give birth to two or three cubs 100 days later and rear her cubs in dens in rocky caverns and crevices.
Snow Leopards live on a diet of wild sheep, mountain goats and ibices.
When stalking prey, they can leap over nine meters vertically. |
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