by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
In Nepal, snow leopards are found in the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) in the east to Api-Nampa Conservation Area (ANCA) in the west. Potential snow leopard habitat is estimated around 13,000-km2, which is largely located in the Himalayan range from east to...
by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
An estimated 200–420 snow leopards exist in Pakistan across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). A national-level assessment deemed the species “critically endangered” within the country. While small, Pakistan’s snow...
by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
In Russia the snow leopard is at the northernmost edge of its contemporary range and has only a few sustainable populations of animals in optimal habitat areas – the mountains of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion. Russia’s population of snow leopards comprises just 1-2% of...
by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
Tajikistan contains around 250-280 snow leopards primarily within the Pamir Mountain range. Tajikistan is located in the center of the snow leopard range. Tajikistan’s mountains are a key part of the snow leopard range in Central Asia. The total habitat of the...
by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
In Uzbekistan the edge of the snow leopard’s range is represented by boundary areas of two independent, unconnected groups – Tien-Shan and Pamir-Alai. Both populations occupy territories, which are developed as the result of extensive economic activity (Western...
