Snow leopards have a broad home range covering about 100 square miles because of the lack of abundant prey. The snow leopard s prey includes wild sheep, wild boars, gazelles, hares, markhor, bobak, tahr, marmots, mice and deer. They stalk their prey and usually spring from a distance of 20 to 50 feet. As solitary creatures, snow leopards pair only during the breeding season. They do not roar.
Snow leopards are most active in the early morning and late afternoon.
They den in rocky caverns and crevices. The breeding season is usually from January to May, with a gestation period that lasts 98 to 103 days. A female will give birth to one to four young in the spring in a rocky shelter lined with her fur. The young follow their mother on hunts at three months and remain with her through their first winter. Poaching for the fur trade.