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Snow Leopard
Panthera uncia
Snow leopards use their long tails for balance and can wrap them around their faces in cold weather.
Image credit & license
Photograph by Ron Singer / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public domain (opens in a new tab).
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Specimen notes
Where it lives and what it eats
- Habitat
- Steep, rocky alpine and subalpine terrain
- Diet
- Wild sheep, goats, marmots, and other mountain animals
- Geographic range
- High mountains of Central and South Asia
- Scientific name
- Panthera uncia
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