1. By: Derek Horvath and Jocelyn Miller

2. Panthera uncia

3. Rarely sited main place they are found is high in the mountains of Central Asia others include: Jmalayan mountains of Tibet Nepal India Bhutan Pakistan’s Karakorum Hindu Kush high mountain ranges of Afghanistan Mongolia the People’s Republic of China Russia the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan

4. Shy Solitary nature Active at dawn and dusk Tend to travel alone Behavior will change if there is human presence Leave marks on landscape to communicate Female weight: 35-40 kg Male weight: 45 - 55 kg http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- nature/first-ever-video-of-wild-snow-leopard- mother-and-cubs-2175407/?no-ist

5. Human conflict Farmers kill them because they prey on their livestock They rely on domestic meat because humans have run their natural prey off People hunt them because of their fur and bones for medicine

6. There are about 6,000 left in the wild work to protect the snow leopard focuses on rural development education for sustainable development control of the illegal wildlife trade and mining in the area eliminate the illegal trade of snow leopard fur, bones and other body parts.

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