SPITI VALLEY, NORTH INDIA – NEWS AND COMMENT: These are great photographs of the snow leopard by photographer Saurabh Desai taken in 2019. What’s good about them, for me, is that they dramatically show the habitat of the snow leopard. … Continue reading →
The snow leopard has one of the longest tails of all the cat species. It can be as long as the head and body and it is rope-like. Fortunately, I have a reference book, Wild Cats of the World, which … Continue reading →
The question in the title is a reference to the Jacobson’s organ a.k.a. the vomeronasal organ. The question in the title is slightly inaccurate as the vomeronasal organ is a separate to the usual nasal cavities. All cats and some … Continue reading →
The snow leopard does not purr. However, it depends on your interpretation of what a purr should sound like. I know that people have different ideas about this feline vocalisation and therefore the sound is elastic in terms of its … Continue reading →
Yes, zoo animals can get Covid from zookeepers, the people who look after the animals. The virus travels through a circuitous route. It seems that humans contracted the virus from an animal in a wet market in Wuhan, China, initially, … Continue reading →
Whereas there are well-known man-eating leopards, lions and tigers, you never hear about man-eating snow leopards. It just isn’t reported and it is difficult to imagine the rather mild-mannered, retiring snow leopard indulging themselves in man-eating habits. It doesn’t happen, … Continue reading →
As usual, it depends on whether a snow leopard is living in captivity or in the wild. The average lifespan of females in captivity is 9.6 years according to the International Pedigree Book of Snow Leopards written by T O’Connor … Continue reading →
I am referring to wild cat species and secondly there is no cat species which only lives in the snow all the time. I guess that is common sense but the wild cat species listed, of which there are 12, … Continue reading →
The snow leopard lives in the far north of India in relatively small areas of the country and in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh as shown on the map below: The annotations … Continue reading →
No, snow leopards don’t live in Antartica. They live thousands of miles from Antarctica as the map below shows you. Think of the high plains of the Plateau of Tibet and the cold mountains of Mongolia. These are the sort … Continue reading →
