Snow Leopards

Snow leopards have evolved to live in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. They scale the great, steep slopes of mountains in Central Asia with ease, blending into the landscape. But these majestic and elusive cats face many threats including habitat loss and degradation from climate change and human encroachment, retaliatory killings resulting from human-wildlife conflict, reduced prey, and poaching.

Due to their elusiveness, snow leopards are sometimes known as the "ghost of the mountains". In addition to being extremely shy, their coats' color makes them hard to spot in the rocky, snowy area they inhabit. Since it is so uncommon to observe two snow leopards together, there is no term for a group of snow leopards. Snow leopards are solitary animals.