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In addition to snow leopards, Rumbak Valley is home to several high-altitude species, including pika, blue sheep, golden eagles, Asiatic ibex, and Ladakh urials. However, spotting a snow leopard ...

Ladakh hosts 477 snow leopards, two-thirds of the country's total population of these wild cats. The finding has emerged from the most comprehensive survey, spanning 59,000 sq km, of snow leopards ...

The researchers estimated that Ladakh is home to 477 snow leopards, representing 68% of India’s total population. The density of snow leopards varied between 1 and 3 individuals per 100 km2, ...

A snow leopard in Ladakh, India Wim van den Heever/naturepl.com India’s first-ever survey of snow leopards has estimated that there are 718 of the big cats living in the country’s six ...

Comprehensive assessment of snow leopard distribution and population in the Indian Trans-Himalaya, Ladakh: Standardizing methods for evidence-based conservation (IMAGE) ...

With this data, the team estimates that Ladakh is home to 477 snow leopards, or 68 percent of India’s total population. The density varied between one to three snow leopards per 38 square miles.

Snow leopard attacks, but blue sheep escapes. Photo: ©Inger Vandyke Endangered snow leopards reside in the rocky, steep terrain and prey on wild sheep and smaller animals.

Snow leopards, like many big cats, can be quite elusive and are great at camouflaging. There are only about 6,500 left in the wild, due to threats from poaching, habitat loss and conflict with humans.

World of the snow leopard: Overall winner People’s Choice Award. Photo: Fonseca, Germany - Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Against a backdrop of the spectacular Ladakh mountains in northern ...