Click the Green Flag. When the questions appear, type the answers in the blank. Please don't use the words a, an, and the in your answers. Enjoy!
WHAT ANIMAL DO YOU HAVE? Snow Leopard. WHAT IS THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL? Domain-Eukarya Kingdom- Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class- Mammalia Order-Carnivora Family- Felidae Genus- Uncia Species- Panthera Uncia. WHAT IS THE LATIN NAME FOR THIS ANIMAL? Panthera Uncia IN WHICH EXHIBIT IS THIS ANIMAL FOUND AT THE ZOO? Asian Highlands. WHERE IS THIS ANIMAL FOUND IN THE WILD? In the steep, high areas of the mountains. WHAT DOES YOUR ANIMAL EAT? The diet of wild snow leopards and snow leopards that live in the zoo is quite different. The wild diet of Snow Leopards includes Blue Sheep, marmots, ibex, musk deer, pika, markhor, hare, birds, and vegetation. Since the Snow Leopards that live in the zoo do not have access to these things, they are fed bones, meat, rabbit, and chicken. They are also fed canine diet weekly. WHAT ARE THREE INTERESTING FACTS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT YOUR ANIMAL? 1. Snow Leopards are mostly nocturnal in areas that people use their pelts to make rugs, clothing, etc. 2. Snow Leopards are able to jump 45 feet in one leap. 3. Snow Leopards are a highly endangered species, which is why they are being bred in captivity
