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Snow leopard | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Felidae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | P. uncia |
Binomial name | |
Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775) | |
Subspecies | |
Distribution of snow leopard, 2017 | |
Synonyms | |
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The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), also known as the Irbis and ounce, is a feline, which lives in central Asia. It used to be thought not to be closely related to the smaller leopard, which is why they were put in different genera before. However, recent research has discovered this is not correct. The cat is closely related to the other big cats in the genus Panthera.