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The snow leopard lives in the rocky mountain caves of Central Asia, some 6,000–18,000 feet (1,829–5,486 m) above sea level. The animal's beautiful, soft, gray fur is speckled with black or brown ringed spots. Its thick tail, which is more than of its 6–7.5 foot (2–2.3 m) total length, is heavy with fur to protect the animal from extreme cold. The snow leopard uses its tail both for balance and to wrap around its curled-up body and cover its nose and mouth in subzero temperatures. The bottoms of its Read morelarge, furry paws are also covered with fur to help protect the pads from the cold, sharp ice and jagged rocks.
The snow leopard is like other big cats in some ways and different in others. For example, other big cats roar, but not the snow leopard. It purrs like many smaller cats! And the snow leopard feeds in a crouched position, like a house cat, instead of lying down like other big cats. Most leopards hunt at night, often leaping from trees to chase down their prey, then store the food high in a tree away from other predators. But snow leopards hunt in the early morning and late afternoon. They rest on cliff edges, waiting for prey to pass by. Then the cat may leap as much as 50 feet uphill to capture a meal.
Prey consists of almost any available animal, like wild sheep, goats, deer,
It lives in the mountains.
It eats in a crouched position.
It hunts at night.
It roars.
It is a predator.
It has kittens.
It hunts in the daytime.
It eats meat.
There are no trees high in the mountains.
It can't climb like other leopards.
The trees are full of leaves.
It eats all of the prey in one meal.
2,000–3,000 in zoos and in the wild.
4,000–5,000 in zoos.
4,000–7,000 in the wild.
6,000–8,000 living.
Roar
Leap
Sleep
Hide in trees
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