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Felidae (cats)

Felidae
There are 38 species of cats in this family. Species in this family are found in all areas of the world, except for Australia and Antarctica. They vary in size from the domestic cat to the lion. The members of this family are built for hunting. They stalk, chase, and pounce on their prey. Unlike the claws found in most carnivores, the claws of species in the cat family are are retractable and can be drawn into their paws. This protects their sharp claws from wearing down. They have sharp canine teeth that help them kill their prey. Species in this family have rounded heads and short muzzles. They have excellent eyesight and hearing and a good sense of smell.
NH Species
Bobcat
Canada Lynx

leopard
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Felidae Genera  

button Felidae General Resources
button Acinonyx (cheetah)
button Caracal (caracal)
button Catopuma (Asiatic golden cat, bay cat)
button Felis (small cats)
button Leopardus (small American cats)
button Leptailurus (serval)
button Lynx (lynxes)

button Pardofelis (marbled cat)
button Prionailurus (Asian small cats)
button Profelis (African golden cat)
button Puma (puma, jaguarundi)
button Neofelis (clouded leopard)
button Panthera (roaring cats)
button Uncia (snow leopard)


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Felidae General Resources

Felidae Species Profile Photos
Felids are perhaps the most specialized hunters of the carnivores, relying almost exclusively on prey that they have killed themselves.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Lynx and Bobcat Species Profile Photos Audio
The name "lynx" comes from the Greek word "to shine," in possible reference to the eye shine of the cats at night.
Source: San Diego Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Small Cats Species Profile Photos Audio
What separates the small cats from the big cats? Surprisingly, its not size! One difference is that small cats can purr but can't roar and big cats can roar but can't purr!
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Tigers Species Profile Photos Audio
Each tiger has its very own stripe pattern!
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Acinonyx (cheetah)

Cheetah Vulnerable Species Profile Photos Audio
Cheetahs don’t need to drink water. They get the moisture they need from the bodies of their prey
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Cheetah Vulnerable Species Profile images video
The cheetah is the fastest land mammal in the world.
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Cheetah Vulnerable Species Profile images Audio
Cheetah hide in the tall grasses when hunting.
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Cheetah Vulnerable Species Profile images Audio
Unlike most other cats, the cheetah usually hunts during daylight, preferring early morning or early evening.
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Cheetah Vulnerable Species Profile images
The cheetah is solitary, except when raising cubs.
Source: Phoenix Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

Cheetah Vulnerable Species Profile images
Cheetahs hunt medium-sized animals like gazelles and impala, and a variety of small mammals.
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Cheetah Vulnerable Species Profile Photos
The cheetah is found in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Caracal (caracal)

Caracal Species Profile Photos
Caracals can jump up to 10 feet in the air to catch flying birds.
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Caracal Species Profile images video
Carcals have long, black-tufted ears.
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Caracal Species Profile images
Caracals hunt small birds, rodents and other small mammals.
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Caracal Species Profile Photos
The caracal is found over much of Africa, Central Asia and southwestern Asia.
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Catopuma (Asiatic golden cat, bay cat)

Asiatic Golden Cat Species Profile Photos
The Asian golden cat is found throughout southeast Asia
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Bay Cat Species Profile
The bay cat is found island of Borneo.
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Felis (small cats)

Black-footed Cat Species Profile images
The black-footed cat is the smallest wild cat in Africa.
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Black-footed Cat Vulnerable Species Profile
The black-footed cat is found in the dry steppe and savannah regions of South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
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Chinese Desert Cat Species Profile
The Chinese desert cat is found in the north-eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China.
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Jungle Cat Species Profile Photos
The jungle cat is found in Asia and North Africa.
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Pallas' Cat Species Profile images video
Pallas' cat is about the size of a domestic cat.
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Pallas' Cat Species Profile Photos
The Pallas' cat is found throughout Central Asia, from western Iran to western China.
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Sand Cat Species Profile images video
The sand cat is well adapted to its arid desert habitat.
It gets all the water it needs from its food.
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Sand Cat Species Profile Photos
The sand cat is found in three distinct areas of the world: Sahara Desert of Africa in the countries of Algeria, Niger and Morocco; throughout the Arabian Peninsula; and in parts of Central Asia including Turkmenistan, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Sand Cat Species Profile images
The sand cat eats small mammals, birds, insects and reptiles.
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Wild Cat Species Profile Photos
Wild cats are found throughout continental Europe, southwestern Asia, and the savannah regions of Africa.
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European Wild Cat Species Profile images video
European wild cats are larger than domestic cats.
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Arabian Wildcat Species Profile images
The Arabian wildcat is a subspecies of the wild cat. It eats small mammals such as hares and rodents, birds, lizards and insects.
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Leopardus (small American cats)

Andean Mountain Cat Endangered Species Profile images video
The Andean mountain cat is considered to be one of the most endangered wild cats in the world.
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Andean Mountain Cat Endangered Species Profile
Andean cats are found in the Andean mountain region of southern Peru and Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina.
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Colocolo Species Profile images video
The colocolo is also known as the pampas cat.
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Colocolo Species Profile Photos
Colocolo are found in the forested slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia; the cloud forests of Chile; the Paraguayan chaco; open woodland areas of central, western, northeastern, and southern Brazil; and the the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay, and southern Patagonia.
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Geoffroy's Cat Species Profile Photos
Geoffroy's cat is found throughout most of the southern half of South America.
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Kodkod vunerable Species Profile images video
The kodkod is the size of a tiny house cat.
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Kodkod vunerable Species Profile
The kodkod is also known as the guigna. It is found in central and southern Chile and Argentina.
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Little Spotted Cat vunerable Species Profile
The little spotted cat has been reported as far north as Costa Rica and Panama south to southeastern Brazil and northern Argentina.
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Margay Species Profile Photos North American Species
The margay eats a wide-variety of food including birds, bird eggs, small mammals, reptiles, and fruit.
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Margay Species Profile Photos North American Species
Margays are found in forested regions from Northern Mexico to Uruguay and northern Argentina.
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Ocelot Species Profile Photos Audio North American Species
Ocelots pluck off all the feathers and fur from animals that they catch before they eat them!
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Ocelot images North American Species
The ocelot's spots help camouflage it.
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Ocelot Species Profile Photos North American Species
The ocelot is solitary, but sometimes hunts with another ocelot.
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Ocelot Species Profile images North American Species
Ocelots are solitary, but a male and female pair may share the same territory.
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Ocelot Species Profile images North American Species
Ocelots hunt at night.
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Ocelot Species Profile images North American Species
Ocelots are powerful climbers, and their webbed forepaws make them good swimmers.
Source: Los Angeles Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Ocelot Species Profile Photos North American Species
The ocelot is found from Southwestern Texas to northern Argentina.
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Leptailurus (serval)

Serval Species Profile Photos Audio
The serval has the longest legs and largest ears for its body size of any cat.
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Serval Species Profile images video
The serval has a long, narrow head with very large ears.
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Serval Species Profile Photos
Servals are found throughout the savannas of Africa.
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Serval Species Profile images
The serval primarily eats small rodents and ground birds.
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Lynx (lynxes)

Bobcat Species Profile Photos North American Species NH Species
The bobcat is primarily nocturnal. It does most of its hunting at night.
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Bobcat Species Profile images Audio North American Species NH Species
The bobcat has a 2-8 inch long tail.
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Bobcat Species Profile images North American Species NH Species
Rabbits and hares make of a large part of the bobcat's diet.
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Bobcat Species Profile images North American Species NH Species
Bobcats were once found throughout most of North America from northern Mexico to southern Canada.
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Bobcat Species Profile Photos Bobcats are solitary animals.
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Canada Lynx Species Profile Photos North American Species NH Species
About 75% of the lynx's diet is made up of the snowshoe hare.
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Canada Lynx Species Profile Photos North American Species NH Species
The Canada lynx is found throughout Canada, in western Montana, and in nearby parts of Idaho and Washington. There are small populations in New England and Utah and possibly in Oregon, Wyoming and Colorado.
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Eurasian Lynx Species Profile Photos
Eurasian lynx are found throughout Europe and Siberia.
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Eurasian Lynx Species Profile images
The Eurasian lynx is native to Central Asian, European and Siberian forests.
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Spanish Lynx Critically Endangered Species Profile images video
The Spanish lynx is also known as the Iberian lynx.
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Spanish Lynx Critically Endangered Species Profile Photos
The Spanish lynx is found in the Iberian Peninsula in Spain.
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Pardofelis (marbled cat)

Marbled Cat Vulnerable Species Profile images
This small spotted cat has an extremely long tail.
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Marbled Cat Vulnerable Species Profile
Marbled cats are found in Nepal and Sikkim through northern Myanmar to Thailand, Indochina, Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo.
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Prionailurus (Asian small cats)

Fishing Cat Endangered Species Profile images video
The fishing cat like water and likes to fish!
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Fishing Cat Endangered Species Profile Photos
Fishing cats are found in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Java, and Pakistan.
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Flat-headed Cat Endangered Species Profile images
The flat-headed cat has a flattened head and small, rounded ears.
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Flat-headed Cat Endangered Species Profile
The historical range of the flat-headed cat is restricted to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula.
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Iriomote Cat Species Profile
The Iriomote cat is only found on Iriomote Island, the southernmost isle in the Ryukyu Archipelago in Japan.
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Leopard Cat Species Profile Photos
The leopard cat is found from Java and Bali, north to southeastern Siberia and Manchuria, as far east as India, and westward to Korea and the Philippines.
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Rusty-spotted Cat Vulnerable Species Profile images
The rusty-spotted cat is one of the smallest cat species in the world.
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Rusty-spotted Cat Vulnerable Species Profile Photos
The rusty-spotted cat is only found in the southern parts of India, Gujarat, Jammu, and Kashmir, and in Sri Lanka.
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Profelis (African golden cat)

African Golden Cat Species Profile images video
The African golden cat is about twice the size of a large domestic cat.
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African Golden Cat Species Profile
African golden cats are found throughout much of equatorial Africa.
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Puma (mountain lion, jaguarundi)

Jaguarundi Species Profile images video
The jaguarundi is long and slender, with short legs, a small, flattened head, short, rounded ears, and a long tail.
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Jaguarundi Species Profile Photos North American Species
The jaguarundi hunts both at night and during the day.
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Jaguarundi Species Profile Photos North American Species
The rusty-spotted cat is only found in the southern parts of India, Gujarat, Jammu, and Kashmir, and in Sri Lanka.
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Mountain Lion Species Profile Photos Audio North American Species
Mountain lions can jump 18 feet from the ground into a tree!
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Mountain Lion Species Profile images video
The mountain lion is also known as the puma or the cougar.
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Mountain Lion Species Profile images North American Species
Mountain lions are solitary, except during mating season.
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Mountain Lion Species Profile images North American Species
With a running start, the mountain lion can leap 45 feet.
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Mountain Lion Species Profile images North American Species
Mountain lions are very territorial.
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Mountain Lion Species Profile Photos North American Species
Historically, mountain lions had the most extensive distribution of all American terrestrial mammals. They ranged from coast to coast in North America, and from southern Argentina and Chile to southeastern Alaska.
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Neofelis (clouded leopard)

Clouded Leopard Vulnerable Species Profile Photos Audio
In Malaysia, this arboreal cat is known as the “tree tiger.” In China it is called the "mint leopard" because its spots look like mint leaves.
Source: San Diego Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Clouded Leopard Vulnerable Species Profile images video
The clouded leopard is named after the 'clouds' on its coat - ellipses partially edged in black, with the insides a darker color than the background color of its coat.
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Clouded Leopard Vulnerable Species Profile Photos
Clouded leopards are found south of the Himalayas in Nepal, Bhutan. They are also found in northeastern India, Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and mainland Malaysia.
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Clouded Leopard Vulnerable Species Profile images
The clouded leopard is found from Nepal, Bangladesh and eastern India through Indochina to Sumatra and Borneo and northeastward to southern China.
Source: Nashville Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Panthera (roaring cats)

African Lion Vulnerable Species Profile Photos Audio
Lions are the only members of the cat family to have males and females that look distinctly different.
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African Lion Vulnerable Species Profile images video
The male African lion has a thick mane.
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African Lion Vulnerable Species Profile images
The African lion is the only truly social cat species. They live in prides of 5-37 individuals.
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African Lion Vulnerable Species Profile images
Lions may rest or sleep about 20 hours each day to conserve their energy.
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African Lion Vulnerable Species Profile Photos
African lions live in most of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Jaguar Species Profile Photos North American Species
Jaguars are completely at home in the water, and are seldom far from a river or lake.
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Jaguar Species Profile images video
The jaguar's name comes from the native Indian name ‘yaguara', meaning ‘a beast that kills its prey with one bound.'
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Jaguar Species Profile Photos North American Species
The jaguar is the largest cat in North America and the third largest cat in the world.
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Jaguar Species Profile Photos North American Species
Jaguars are found from southern Arizona and New Mexico south toward northern Argentina and northeastern Brazil.
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Jaguar Species Profile images North American Species
The jaguar’s strong legs make its a great climber and swimmer.
Source: Los Angeles Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Leopard Species Profile Photos Audio
Leopards are the largest cats to climb trees on a regular basis.
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Leopard Species Profile Photos
Leopards are found in Africa and some parts of Asia.
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Amur Leopard Critically Endangered Species Profile images video
The Amur leopard is considered to be one of the most critically endangered big cats in the world, with just 35 remaining in the wild, all in the Russian Far East.
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Amur Leopard Critically Endangered Species Profile images
The Amur leopard is a carnivore and hunts small antelope, hares, warthogs, and ground birds.
Source: The Living Desert Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Tiger Endangered Species Profile images video
The tiger is easily recognized by its orange coat and broad black stripes.
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Tiger Endangered Species Profile Photos
Tigers are found in China, Korea, Russia, and parts of India and the Himalayan region.
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Sumatran Tiger Critically Endangered Species Profile images
Sumatran tigers are solitary, except during mating season and when raising young.
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Sumatran Tiger Critically Endangered Species Profile images
Sumatran tigers may travel more than 20 miles to find suitable prey.
Source: Los Angeles Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Uncia (snow leopard)

Snow Leopard Endangered Species Profile Photos Audio
Snow leopards have been seen at altitudes as high as 18,000 feet.
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Snow Leopard Endangered Species Profile Photos
Snow leopards inhabit the mountain ranges of Central Asia stretching from northwestern China to Tibet and the Himalayas.
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