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Snow leopards and other big cats also have skin markings to match their fur. Image credits: ... but for most wild animals, humans are still the top apex predators on the planet.
Saber-toothed predator; Salmon shark; Saltwater crocodile; Sarcosuchus; Sea otter; Short-finned pilot whale; Siamese crocodile; Smilodon; Snow leopard; South Asian river dolphin; Southern African rock python; Sperm whale; Spotted hyena; Sri Lankan leopard; Steller's sea eagle; Sturgeon
The study reveals that the snow leopard and the tiger are sister species, while the lion, leopard, and jaguar are more closely related to each other. The tiger and snow leopard diverged from the ancestral big cats approximately 3.9 Ma. The tiger then evolved into a unique species towards the end of the Pliocene epoch, approximately 3.2 Ma. The ...
Snow leopard on the reverse of the old 10,000-Kazakhstani tenge banknote Emblem of Tatarstan, depicting the Aq Bars, a mythical winged Snow leopard. The snow leopard is widely used in heraldry and as an emblem in Central Asia. The Aq Bars ('White Leopard') is a political symbol of the Tatars, Kazakhs, and Bulgars.
Tracking evidence of this most elusive of big cats in the untouched mountains of Central Asia is a perspective-altering volunteerism trip, finds Clodagh Kinsella
A camouflaged predator: snow leopard in Ladakh. ... In that area, wolves are both keystone species and apex predators. Without predation, herbivores began to over ...
Panthera uncia (snow leopard) Panthera pardus (leopard) Panthera leo: ... being one of the main apex predators alongside the gray wolf, cave hyena and brown bear. [52]
Mountain weasel (Mustela altaica). The park is home to a viable breeding population of about 200 snow leopards, especially in the Rumbak catchment area. The prey base for the apex predator in the Central Asian Highlands is primarily supported in Hemis by Argali (Great Tibetan Sheep), Bharal (Blue Sheep), Shapu (Ladakhi Urial), and livestock.