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Snow leopard: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Leo uncia • Uncia uncia • Panthera uncia • ounce

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A snow leopard (Panthera uncia) with thick spotted fur sits on a snowy slope, surrounded by falling snow and blurred wintry trees in the background.
Snow leopard (Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia)
Snow leopard: a big cat found in the mountains of Central Asia and the northern Indian subcontinent
taxidermied snow leopard
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