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Snow Leopard

Snow leopard (Panthera uncia / Uncia uncia), also known as the ounce, is a Vulnerable IUCN Red Listed large long-haired Asian cat and one of the most enigmatic species on the planet referred to by locals as ''mountain ghosts'', native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia, is sitting in India's largest high-altitude zoo (7,000 feet) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India on 11/06/2022. The PNHZP is the only zoo in the world for the conservation and breeding of snow leopards in captivity. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

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