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Sabu, the young male snow leopard at Roger Williams Zoo in Providence, RI. As part of the zoo's Super Bowl party, Sabu got boxes with team logos and scent enrichment. He enjoyed the Seahawks box so much he got blue cornstarch on his face.
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia), sometimes known as "ounce," is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia. The classification of this species has been subject to change and its exact taxonomic position will not be resolved until further studies are conducted.
It cannot roar, despite possessing an incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone. The presence of this ossification was previously thought to be essential for allowing the big cats to roar. However, new studies show that the ability to roar is due to other morphological features, especially of the larynx, which are absent in the snow leopard.
The snow leopard's range in central and south Asia is rugged mountainous regions of approximately 1,230,000 square kilometers, which extends through 12 countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
The geographic distribution from the Hindukush in eastern Afghanistan and the Syr Darya through the mountains of Pamir Mountains, Tian Shan, Karakorum, Kashmir, Kunlun, and the Himalaya to southern Siberia, where the range covers the Russian Altai mountains, Sajan, Tannu-Ola mountains and the mountains to the west of Lake Baikal. In Mongolia it is found in the Mongolian and Gobi Altai and the Khangai Mountains. In Tibet it is found up to the Altyn-Tagh in the North
This Leopard was injured (although he or she looked splendid to me) and was being treated in a animal hospital in Kenya. The hospital was open to visitors becoming, in essence, a very unique zoo.
Snow Leopard......definitely my favourite of the cat family ..sadly vulnerable and endangered in the wild ..they inhabit alpine and subalpine zones at elevations of 3,000–4,500 m (9,800–14,800 ft) and central Asia ....from southern Russia down to the Tibetan plateau, including Mongolia, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
Catching up, been away for 4 Weeks. This was taken in the Mashatu game reserve in Botswana it stopped for a rest after we had been tracking it for an hour
Went to Marwell Zoo today and caught the leopard in a really convenient postition on a log for photos.
Being a bit lazy and obviously tired he decided to do a nice big yawn whilst I took my photo.
I know my photoshopping skills are a little rusty here but it was getting late and I wanted to go to bed.
Santa Barbara Zoo - Santa Barbara, California - Hannah the Snow Leopard was born at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, Texas on 5/18/03 to Jin (Mom) and Char (Dad). She moved to the Akron Zoo in Akron, Ohio on 12/15/04. She has lived at her current home at the Santa Barbara Zoo since 12/18/08 where she was renamed Zoe.
Her brother/littermate, Roscoe, lives at the Akron Zoo in Akron, Ohio where he has fathered seven cubs, including Malaya, the female snow leopard at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Her late older brother, Vijay, fathered multiple litters at the Cape May County Zoo in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.