Pantherine uncia is the scientifc name of the snow leopard. Litter size 2-3 average. They have thick coats and live in Asia, Mongolia, Russia, China and Himalayas. When snow leopards communicate they make scent marks in the dirt by a small sac in the tail. Snow leopards live on mountains and they like the height of the mountains.
Snow leopards live at the top of the food chain.
Various prey are wild sheep, goats, deer, marmots and hare. Not many animals match the beauty of the snow leopard. To some scientist, the animal is known as an indicater species, one that indicates the general health of a certain environment.