Feline

The Snow Leopard

The Snow Leopard, camouflaged by its spotted fur, moves gracefully across the high plateaus of Central Asia, embodying the mysterious splendor of mountain wildlife and highlighting the importance of its conservation in the face of habitat loss and poaching.

A magnificent feline

He lives in the high montains of Asia

This magnificent feline is a native of the high mountains of Asia, able to live at high altitudes and withstand harsh winters thanks to its thick fur.

Its cream-grey coat, marked with pale yellow and beige spots ringed with black, provides excellent camouflage, especially in snowy undergrowth in winter. Its large paws, with pads covered in fur, protect it from the cold.

The Snow Leopard can measure more than 1.20 m in length, with an additional one-meter-long tail used as a counterbalance when moving nimbly along rocky ridges in pursuit of prey. In summer, it hunts wild sheep and ibex in the high mountains.

In winter, wild boars and small animals from valleys and lower-altitude forests make up its diet. Extremely agile and powerful, the Snow Leopard is capable of prodigious leaps thanks to its spring-like muscles.

The female gives birth to a litter of 4 to 5 cubs, raising them in a den, usually a well-protected rocky shelter.

Heavily hunted for its fur, this superb animal is seriously threatened, with only a few thousand individuals still surviving in the wild.