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{{Taxobox
| name = Snaw leopard
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Panthera uncia'' |name-list-style=amp |author=McCarthy, T. |author2=Mallon, D. |author3=Jackson, R. |author4=Zahler, P. |author5=McCarthy, K. |date=2017 |page=e.T22732A50664030}}</ref>
| trend = left
| image = Uncia uncia.jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Carnivora]]
| familia = [[Felidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Pantherinae]]
| genus = ''[[Panthera]]''
| species = '''''P. uncia'''''
| binomial = ''Panthera uncia''
| binomial_authority = ([[Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]], 1775)
| range_map=snow leopard range.png
| range_map_caption=Range map
| synonyms =
*''Felis irbis'' <small>[[Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg|Ehrenberg]], 1830 (= ''Felis uncia'' Schreber, 1775), by subsequent designation ([[Theodore Sherman Palmer|Palmer]], 1904).<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Wozencraft |page=548|id=14000269}}</ref></small>
*''Uncia uncia'' <small>[[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock]], 1930</small>
| subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]]
| subdivision = [[#Taxonomy an evolution|See text]]
}}
The '''snaw leopard''' (''[[Panthera]] uncia'' [[syn.]] ''Uncia uncia'') is a muckle [[Felidae|cat]] hamelt in the moontain ranges o [[Central Asie|Central]] an [[Sooth Asie]].<!--It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is estimated to number less than 10,000 mature individuals and is expected to decline about 10% by 2040. It is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction following infrastructural developments. It inhabits alpine and subalpine zones at elevations from 3,000 to 4,500 m (9,800 to 14,800 ft), ranging from eastern Afghanistan, the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, to southern Siberia, Mongolia, and western China. In the kintras in the northern part of its range, it lives at lower elevations an aw.

==Description==
The snaw leopard's fur is whitish to gray with black spots on head and neck, but muckler rosettes on the back, flanks and bushy tail. The belly is whitish. Its eyes are pale green or grey in color. Its muzzle is short and its forehead domed. Its nasal cavities are muckle. The fur is thick with hairs between 5 and 12 cm (2.0 and 4.7 in) long. Its body is stocky, short-legged, and slightly smaller than the other cats of the genus Panthera, reaching a shoulder height of 56 cm (22 in), and ranging in head to body size from 75 to 150 cm (30 to 59 in). Its tail is 80 to 105 cm (31 to 41 in) long. It weighs between 22 and 55 kg (49 and 121 lb), with an occasional large male reaching 75 kg (165 lb), and small female of under 25 kg (55 lb). Its canine teeth are 28.6 mm (1.13 in) long and are more slender than those of the other Panthera species. In relation to the length of its skull and width of its palate, it has muckle nasal openings, which allow for increasing the volume of air inhaled with each breath, and at the same time for warming and humidifying cold dry air. However a 2015 study found no evidence for "biochemical adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia".

The snaw leopard shows several adaptations for living in a cold, mountainous environment. Its small rounded ears help to minimize heat loss. Its broad paws well distribute the body weight for walking on snaw, and have fur on their undersides to increase the grip on steep and unstable surfaces; it helps to minimize heat loss as weel. Its long and flexible tail helps to maintain balance in the rocky terrain. The tail is very thick due to fat storage, and is covered in a thick layer of fur, which allows the cat to use it like a blanket to protect its face when asleep.

==Threats==
The major threat to snaw leopard populations is poaching and illegal trade of skins and body parts. In China, 103 to 236 animals are poached every year, in Mongolia between 34 and 53, in Pakistan between 23 and 53, in India from 21 to 45, and in Tajikistan 20 to 25. Poaching is linked to prey declines and livestock depredation.

Greenhouse gas emissions will likely cause a shift of the treeline in the Himalayas and a shrinking of the alpine zone, which may reduce snaw leopard habitat by 30%.

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==References==
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[[Category:Panthera|snaw leopard]]
[[Category:Apex predators]]
[[Category:Felids o Asie]]
[[Category:Mammals o Central Asie]]
[[Category:Felids o Indie]]
[[Category:Mammals o Bhutan]]
[[Category:Mammals o Mongolie]]
[[Category:Mammals o Nepal]]
[[Category:Mammals o Pakistan]]
[[Category:Mammals o Tibet]]
[[Category:Fauna o the Himalayas]]
[[Category:Fauna o Jammu an Kashmir]]
[[Category:Fauna o Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Naitional seembols o Pakistan]]
[[Category:Vulnerable ainimals]]
[[Category:Vulnerable biota o Asie]]
[[Category:Mammals descrived in 1775|snaw leopard]]
[[Category:Big cats]]
[[Category:Seembols o Himachal Pradesh]]
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