Snow Leopard

Julian Byer

Ramp Up

Mr. Kasouf

May 8, 2013

            
   My endangered specie name is the Snow Leopard. The scientific name for this animal

is “Panthera Uncia”. The Snow Leopard fur has spotted and varies  in color from white or

cream to pale yellow or gray and its tail is thickly furred. 

 Snow Leopards grow up to 4 feet in length and they weigh up to 60 to 120 lbs.

               Snow Leopards don’t go move around in packs they move solitary. They are animals

that hunt for their food they are called predators. This specie is a carnivore, the type of 

animals 

it eat are boars, arkhar, markhor, bharal, ibex, marmonts, and other small rodents. Their 

sleeping habitats are similar to humans. They sleep at night and are most active in the 

mornings and late afternoons.

              Snow Leopards live in Central Asia and in the Middle East. In the winter they to lower

Forest area to find prey. Summer time Snow Leopards travel to alpine meadows and rocky 

areas.

Snow  Leopards can be found in Asia, Russia , Iraq, the northwestern of China, India, and

Afghanistan. Their habitat altitude is form 2,000 to 6,000 meters. They also live in forest.

             Some causes of the Snow Leopard to be endangered is because humans hunting, loss of

their habitat (home), and retaliatory killings. Also completion with other animals. Today people

are focusing on reducing human-leopard conflict and rural development, education for

sustainable development. Also stop mining in Snow Leopard habitat. The original population of

the Snow Leopard was 6,000. Keeping Snow Leopards in captivity will prevent them from 

becoming 

endangered.

          Snow Leopards are species that people don’t see that often  because they live in forest.We 

really wont see them if people keep killing them and selling their fur for high prices. They also

get  killed because Asians think their body parts are valued for medicine. Last, governments 

should fine people for killing the endangered species. 
           
 
                                     Conservation Links:      Snow Leopard Trust                  

Resource/Site:     Glenn, C. R. 2006. "Earth's Endangered Creatures - Snow Leopard Facts" (Online).
Accessed 5/28/2013 at http://earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?sp=237&ID=3