SNOW LEOPARD (uncia uncia) | Schneeleopard | Léopard des neiges | Leopardo delle nevi

Snow leopards live between 3,000 and 5,500 metres (9,800 and 18,000 ft) above sea level in the rocky mountain ranges of Central Asia. It has been estimated that between 3,500 and 7,000 snow leopards exist in the wild and between 600 and 700 in zoos worldwide.

The Snow Leopard is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN red list!

In Hogle Zoo's Asian Highlands exhibit

Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire 28 August 2007

These two leopards were busy ensuring there would be leopards for the next generation to watch...

Leopard at Kirkmans Camp, Sabie Sands Game Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa

In Hogle Zoo's Asian Highlands exhibit

Snow Leopard at the Bronx Zoo.

Indeever Snow Leopard at Marwell

Never completed this pastel/coloured pencil drawing as something about it never seemed quite right but I couldn't figure out just what it was!

Snow Leopard at the Bronx Zoo

Snow Leopard at Marwell

Japanese art print by Eisen Ikeda (1790-1848)

Leopard at Kirkmans Camp, Sabie Sands Game Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Leopard in tree - Mbalangeti Serengeti

Like the Amur tigers this Amur leopard spent quite a while sleeping while I was at Marwell recently but it did wake up in the end, giving visitors the chance to get a good look at its beautiful face. A friend of mine told me there's only about 40 of these left in the wild :(

Head of Leopard Resting in Shade Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa

Taken at Doué la Fontaine Maine et Loire France Léopard from Sri Lanka .

This is my and many peoples favorite animal. The eye contact is what makes this image work for me. This is a formidable predator and at close proximity sent a chill down my spine.

African Journey Exhibit, Maryland Zoo, Baltimore, MD

Seen on 3rd September 2011, at Jamburagala new road, Yala, Sri Lanka

Taken at the Maryland Zoo.

Southwick's Zoo, Mendon, MA

Moremi Game Reserve

September 2007

Leopard - Panthera pardus

South Africa February 2019

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

The female Amur Leopard at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park on the 3rd December 2015

These two leopards were busy ensuring there would be leopards for the next generation to watch...

We saw leopards every one of the nine days we were in Zambia. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

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