Snow+Leapords

=**​ Snow leapords **=

//Uncia uncia// Genus: Uncia Family: felidae Order: Carnivore Class: Mammalia Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia

** Eccology **
Snow leopords tend to eat any sort of meat around, from deer to goats etc. They can kill prey 3 times bigger than their size. Nothing can really kill the cat, mainly just humans. Leopords are predators. This is a carnivore because it eats other meat. The leopord has a competitive relationship in the enviroment it lives in because they compete with other meat eating species for food. Usually these animals are found high in the mountain ranges where there i snow. They are good at camoflaging and being very quiet in their habitat.

** Physiology **
Because they live in cold tempetures, they have thick fur to help them survive chilling tempetures. Leopords usually have brown fur with black spots. Males can weigh up to as much as 90-115 pounds. Females about 70-90. Also long thick tails to help them keep balance while running.Their tails are long and furry to help keep them warm when there sleeping. Snow lepords do not roar like most big cats. These leopords reproduce sexually. They are slowly becoming extinct.

**Why their so cool**...

They are cool because they can live in feezing tempetures that other animals cant even handle. Also they are very sneaky and can strike and manouver on the mountains without even getting a single scratch. Its unique pattern fur makes it nearly invisible in the mountains.


 * Citations **

[|**http:/ /www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/wild/snow_leopard.htm**] []