These creatures are very serene, and rarely attack or even get close to humans. They are nocturnal meaning they are active at night. They are usually only aggressive when attacked or when their cubs are threatened.
BEHAVIOR Solitary. Home ranges 12-25 mi2 (20-40 km2) in good habitat, up to 400 mi2 (1,000 km2) in Mongolia. Male and female ranges overlap, but animals avoid one another except when female in...
The Snow Leopard The snow leopard (uncia uncia), is a large cat that lives in Central Asia. The snow leopard is a carnivore that hunts, but also will feed on carrion (dead meat) and smaller prey....
The direct ancestors of snow leopards were the other Asian leopards that live in the lowlands. It must have taken hundreds of generations for the leopards to fully adapt to the extreme conditions in...