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SPECIES Uncia uncia

Author:Schreber, 1775.
Citation:Die Säugethiere, 2(14): pl. 100[1775]; see also text, 3(22):386-7[1777].
Common Name:Snow leopard
Type Locality:"Barbarey, Persien, Ostindien, und China", restricted by Pocock (1930c:332) to "Altai Mountains".
Distribution:Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
Status:CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.
Comments:Revised by Pocock (1930a, b). Placed in Uncia by Pocock (1930a, b), Weigel (1961), Kratochvíl (1982c), and Heptner et al. (1967a). Placed in Uncia and reviewed by Hemmer (1972). Status of proposed subspecies baikalensisromanii needs evaluation, see Medvedev (2000).
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Synonyms:

    baikalensis-romanii Medvedev, 2000
    irbis (Ehrenberg, 1830)
    schneideri (Zukowsky, 1950)
    uncioides (Horsfield, 1855)

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