Snow Leopard By: Derek Horvath and Jocelyn Miller

Scientific Name:

• Panthera uncia

Natural Habitat

• 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

Characteristics:

• 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

Why is it endangered?

• 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

World Population & Conservation Efforts

• 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.

Quiz Time

1.) What is one reason the snow leopard is going extinct? 2.) What category does the snow leopard fall in?3.) How many are left in the wild?4.) What are their bones used for?5.) What is one characteristic the snow leopard has?

Answers

• 1.) 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

• 2.) Panthera uncia• 3.) About 6,ooo• 4.) Native Medicines • 5.) 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

Works Cited

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