Snow Papards: The Evolution Of A Snow Leopard

The snow leopards have very light green or sometimes gray eyes, which is extremely unusual for the species of big cats, who usually have yellow or gold colored eyes. The snow leopard also has extremely beautiful, thick fur, it can be white, yellowish or a soft gray coat with spots of black and brown. The markings on the snow leopards fur help camouflage it from its prey. With the extremely thick coats, heavy fur lined tails and paws that are covered with fur, snow leopards are perfectly adapted to the cold and dry habitats that they live in. Snow leopards have very large paws that are kind of like snowshoes and keep them from sinking into the snow. Snow leopards usually hunt wild sheep and goats, but they are also known to eat smaller animals like rodents, hares and game birds. …show more content…
Exact numbers of snow leopards in the wild have not been exactly determined because of the shy nature of the snow leopards. Snow leopards can be found around altitudes between nine thousand eight hundred and seventeen thousand feet in the high and rugged mountains of Central Asia. Snow leopards have evolved in many different way to be able to live in some of the harshest conditions that can be found on Earth. The snow leopards scale the great, extremely steep slopes of the mountains in Central Asia with complete ease, and they can blend into the landscape. But these beautiful and majestic, endangered cats face many threats including habitat loss from climate change, reduced prey, poaching, and retaliatory